Burr……..
Last night just before going to bed the rain started and it
started with a BANG. One clap of thunder that was the loudest we have ever
heard. Along with the rain a cold front moved in and the temperature this
morning was in the mid 50’s, we weren’t expecting that...
Shelby North Dakota
Despite the cooler temperatures the sun was out and it was a
beautiful morning until we were just outside of Williston, the oil rich
boom town of this century. The lack of road construction that we had enjoyed up
to this point ended abruptly. Williston is being redone from the inside out to
accommodate the rapid population growth that is underway. There is such a lack
of housing for the oil workers that we even saw steel storage containers
stacked on top of one another and people living in them. You would think that
with the economic boom and all the oil being pumped out of Williston that they
would have decent gas prices. Wrong, prices range from $3.69 to $3.79 a gallon.
Heading to Williston ND
Fender bender
Wide open spaces
Could be a country school house
The weather was threatening all day but never did storm or
even rain. It cleared up entirely and we are enjoying a nice cool evening.
We are in Shelby Montana at a very nice city park and again
it is a very chilly morning with bright blue skies. We decided that instead of
spending any time in places we have seen before like Glacier National Park, we
would head for head for Washington and Oregon and maybe have some time on the
coast. So we will see what happens, there is a chance our plans may change
again.
WOW what temperature changes, it went from 52 degrees this
morning to 96 degrees this afternoon. We are in Superior Montana at a federal
forest campground. It’s 9:00 pm and just starting to cool off.
This morning we left for Washington. We are currently
staying in Ellensburg Washington. Western Montana and Idaho both have
spectacular scenery. This part of
Washington is quite pretty too, very green and hilly with a view of the snow capped
mountains. We are camped at the Yakima River RV Park it is part of a ranch that
raises bulls for rodeos. The weather here is windy, sunny, and cool, our views
are beautiful plus this park has WiFi, couldn’t ask for much more.
Scary exit from our campground, yes we did make it through in one piece
Crossing the Columbia River
That's Mt Rainier way way off in a distance
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