Cowboys, Bikers and Beaches

         Okay, here is the story for today.  Last night we were hanging around the trailer keeping out of the rain, when Ray asks me if I thought the RV park office sells things.  I said “yeah, things like t-shirts and maybe some RV things, why”.  He asked if I thought they might sell little notebooks.  Well when we arrived and I took my inventory of the store, I couldn’t honestly say “yay or nay.”  I asked him what he needed a note book for and he said “I would like to keep track of what towns we stop in, what RV parks and what highways we take”  At the time I was working on my Montana blog, so I pointed at the laptop and asked “you mean you want to keep a blog,,,,like this (pointing at the screen),,,,,, like our blog that I am working on?”  He said “yeah”.  I told him that I do try to capture that kind of stuff in our blog, but if you want to keep your own, then would you like one with or without lines? I have a not...

        I have to say that Ray is sticking to his word and driving for only 3-4 hours each day.  In the past it was nothing for him to drive 8-9 hours, which is insane because my butt can't take sitting that long!!! Actually it is hard on him as well.  And he is even keeping the truck topped up with fuel!!  No running out of gas on this trip!  Our drive from Wallace Idaho to Butte Montana was about 3 and 1/2 hours.  Most of our trips through Montana have been on Highway 2 which is in the northern part of the States.  And as we have always crossed into Montana up near Haver, which is south of Medicine Hat (or is that Lethbridge?)  Anyway up in that area it is all fairly flat with some rolling hills.  But coming into the State on Highway 90 is very mountainous.  With elevations reaching up to 6000 feet in some points.      Montana is rich in Silver, Gold, Sapphires, Garnets, Amethyst and other mine...

    Our RV site number at Christina Lake Golf club was number 5.  When I had phoned to reserve the spot, the lady said that she was putting us in her favourite site.  She was not wrong.  Site 5 was the last site overlooking a gully.  There were not many campers, but even if it was full, we would have had someone only on the one side.  It was very private and quite large.  I was sorry to have to hand back that golf cart though, “let me tell you”!  It was great fun to drive around in.  We even saw a big deer crossing the road in front of us on the way to the golf club for dinner.  Of course I was not quick enough to grab my phone to take a photo.  I always wonder how people come upon an accident, or see someone doing something that could be newsworthy and are able to capture everything on their phone cameras.  How do they do that??  They must go through life with their cellphones in their hands!    ...

         We have just spent the first four days of this journey in Kamloops.  We camped at the only site available in the immediate vicinity of the city.  Due to conferences etc,,,,everywhere was booked solid.  Kamloops boosts being the “Tournament Capital” of BC, and they do have many golf courses and beautiful sports parks and recreation centers.  There is always some sort of tournament or conference going on.  What they do lack is good RV campgrounds.  There are some forestry (Paul Lake) or Provincial (Lache La Juene) camping areas in the area, but we want to be fairly close to town just to save on driving time to Tanya and Dean’s.  Okay and truth be known,,,,,we want all the hookups that we can get.  Water, electric, sewer, wifi and whatever else we can get.  Some of you might be thinking,, “why don’t they just stay in hotels”.  That is okay, I sometimes think the same thing.  But we like having ou...

      After doing our kitchen renovation this Spring, I didn't think we would be doing a trip this year.  But Mr Riggins had other plans.  We are heading out on another road trip, just not as far or long as last years trip. I wasn't going to write a blog, but it is something that I really like to do, and it helps our family and friends (you know who you are) follow along our our adventures.  The biggest issue with blogging on a road trip, is finding good wifi.  Most campgrounds offer "free wifi".  But it is getting connected that is the problem and if you can get connected, it is painfully slow.  At times, impossible to download photos. So as in the past blogs, I won't be posting everyday.      On this particular trip I want to go back to Deadwood South Dakota and tour around the Black Hills area, more specifically to visit a unique little store in the town of Deadwood.   Ray doesn't care about the store, but I sure do! ...