Summer of 2018- Utah, Nevada, Montana & Banff, Canada
We left phx on 8/9 headed to
Page AZ. We had a little excitement when setting up the trailer. We forgot to put the chocks in front of the wheels. Did all the setup and the trailer rolled forward bending one of the jacks, beyond repair. Thank God no one was hurt. Luckily there was a Marine RV place within a mile and we were able buy a new set of jacks and my fabulous husband installed the new jack. Some hours after arriving we were setup and ready for drinks. Stayed at Page Lake Powell RV. Great location; pool, spa. Went to Glen Canyon Dam. Relaxed in the spa. Next morning headed to Bryce Canyon.
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| Lake Powell |
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| Angie @ Lake Powell |
8/10-11Bryce Canyon National Park
Stayed I. The North Campground, dry camping. No hookups. Again we didn’t prepare as we should. Didn’t fill fresh water tank so at end of first night we were running low on water. We took it in stride and sponged off. Beautiful area. This is our third visit to Bryce. Hoodoos.
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| Bryce Canyon |
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| T & Glo @ Bryce |
8/13 Dillon, MT Southside RV
Unfortunately the view of the mountains was overshadowed by smoke from fires both in California and at Galcier NP. Ride was uneventful. Southside RV was a great park. Spacious sites, lots of shade and weather was awesome. We relaxed had our evening cocktails and dinner. Walked through the neighborhood and chatted with Janette, the owner manager. She told us a bit about the town. The cutest thing she said was that Dillon was a “large town of about 4500 people.” We all made no comment but found it humorous since we live in cities of millions.
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| Angie |
8/14-15 Shelby, MT Shelby RV
Once setup, Angie and I left T and Izzy and went to explore. There is a Main Street and a few stop signs but no stop light. Shelby is a community of 3200. Shelby’s claim to fame is/was the Jack Dempsey vs Tommy Gibbons fight in 1923. It was once a booming oil town.
There is a carousel “rest stop,”located in town not to far from the freeway. The carousel was bought by a man in town and he put it together and built a building to house it. It works! They serve great ice cream there.
Angie and I visited the Marias museum, an old house left to the town on condition it be made into a museum. It is the only museum I’ve ever been in where they had high school graduating classes pictures back the 40’s. Lots of old stuff.
The RV park was part of the Comfort Inn and we enjoyed the pool and spa both nights there. On our last night we went to the “Alibi Lounge”, which was recommended to us by Mary from the museum. Though not much to look at they served some of the best pizza I’ve ever had.
8/16 Canmore, AB,Canada. Spring Creek RV
We arrived mid afternoon, setup and went to meet friends , Chris & Tina for dinner at “The Wood”. One of the unfortunate things about the timing of our visit was all the fires raging in Canada and Montana. Smoke kept us from seeing much of the majesty of the mountains.
8/17 we drove to Lake Louise in Banff National Park. Once there we decided to hike up to the “tea house.” The signs said it was 4km. Thinking “no big deal. We can do that, no problem.” NOT! The 4km was uphill all the way. It took us 3 hours to get to the top, stopping multiple times to breath and rest. We didn’t take in to consideration the 1975 elevation. We went from 5200 feet to 7005 feet. We were all aching when we finally got to the top. I put my aching feet in the cold water of lake Agnes. We rested had a bite to eat and began our decent. It only took 2 hours to get back to Lake Louise. My toe started aching and I couldn’t walk with my shoe on, so... I took my shoe off and hiked halfway down with one shoe on and one shoe off. Once down I soaked my feet in Lake Louise.
Unfortunately, the fires from British Columbia were sending smoke all over Banff making visibility very very poor. After three days there, I was coughing so bad that we chose to leave and head south. Banff is a beautiful place, but smoke make it hard to see the beauty. I hope to get back there some day.
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