We made it........

1400 miles in 3 days.....not bad for our lumbering coach piloted by the 'over the hill' gang. The first day was tough, after 2 days of staying up too late and enjoying the fruit of the vine too much, but we perservered and did almost 500 miles. We arrived in Billings, Mont to a lovely campground, surrounded by the hills and with all the amenities and an initial charge of $72 until we balked and then it came down to $50+....still about 20 + what we usually pay a night. Anyway, across from us were these adventurers, making a much smaller footprint than the rest of us in our behemoths. A slight twinge of guilt crept in until I turned on the shower, the TV, the queen sized bed and especially, the nice potty.

The trip was uneventful. We basically followed the Lewis and Clark Trail.....along the Missouri,

followed the beautiful Yellowstone ....



and then along the mighty Columbia. Mt Hood peaked thru the clouds to give us a quick view of its beauty.

Several years ago, we read "Undaunted Courage" by Stephen Ambrose. An excellent and very thorough depiction of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. I need to reread it. It is not on Kindle or iBooks so may actually pick up a real book.

Tonight is the rehearsal and dinner. Paul and Jeff enjoyed a golf outing at their club and Jennifer and I had manicures and pedicures....what a treat.

Tomorrow the rest of the family join us. The Ct kids will look forward to having electricity and showers once again. They were fortunate to have no damage but school opening has been delayed a week and they are tired of eating melting ice cream.