Monday, April 27/2015

Heading out

This Marmot had to see us off

The tunnels through Wind River Canyon

We headed off again today hoping for another good day's travel.  It was indeed and once again we made a lot of miles. We will be sleeping in Montana tonight and that means that we will be in the last state we need to travel through before crossing into Canada. Home sweet Home is getting closer!!

Train tunnel in this one

Before we hit Montana however, we had to finish off Wind River Canyon and that meant going through a series of three tunnels.  They are pretty neat and are always fun to do.  Even the train has to enter into a few of these to navigate this canyon.

                                                                                                                                                                  The scenery is incredible and one just can not even fathom the millions of years old rock that makes up this canyon.  It truly is a marvel.

Wind River - this river meanders through the canyon
where eventually it joins to the Big Horn River at a
place called Wedding of the Waters.

Montana - someone missed the "Welcome to Montana" sign
Not mentioning any names as to who that was!!

Our spot for the night - nestled amongst the cottonwood trees
at Laurel, Montana

Beverage

Earlier today, we stopped at a little campground in a small town and were lucky enough to be able to fill up with water and dump our holding tanks.  The best part of this was....it was free!!  Now that is my kind of town!!  Had we not had to shop, we would have gladly paid the $20.00 camp fee and stayed there for the night.  It even had electricity!!
We arrived at Laurel, Montana (which sits just outside of Billings) in time to hit to local Walmart store for some last minute shopping items.  With that done, we drove to the local campground (which has been closed every time we get here) and parked for the night.  It is a wonderful little area that lies along side the Yellowstone River and is nestled amongst the huge cottonwood trees.
The birds were enjoying the lovely Spring weather, the squirrels were frolicking in the grass and Hogan was in his glory chasing both of them.  I don't think he is missing all the little thorns and poky things of Arizona!!
As one can see from the pictures, we did partake in a few "red" beer (as they call them in Arizona) and sat in the evening sunshine and simply enjoyed the rest of the day.
John got out the BBQ and commenced to cooking our supper.  While the potato was cooking, him and Hogan went for a little walk while I lay down on the couch and tried to get rid of a nagging headache. Upon their return, my headache was pretty much gone and the last of our chicken was cooked.  Apparently, no poultry is allowed across the border this year as there has been an outbreak of Avian Flu in a few states down here so,  Canada has closed its borders to the import of poultry and anything with poultry in it.  It is a good thing that I did not buy any extra dog food down here as I am sure that it contains chicken.  The little bit that I have left in the bag will probably be confiscated at the border!! We have about 4 eggs left so they should be gone by the time we hit Canada so no worry there.
With supper done, it was time to head in and catch the last of the hockey game and then I was more than ready for bed.  I climbed in and never heard another sound after that,  Hell, I don't even remember John coming to bed and apparently watching TV!!
Life is good!!