The End

We came over the bridge at Shasta Lake this year again. Last year we were horrified about how far down it was......BUT this year, it was so far down that there is grass growing on the bottom of the lake about 1/4 mi from the boat dock. If there isn't a 400% normal rainfall this winter I'm pretty sure it will dry up by next year. WE NEED TO CONSERVE ALL THE WATER WE CAME, CALIFORNIA IS DEFINETLY RUNNING OUT OF WATER. I told Neil maybe I should sell my house and go somewhere that has water. We had rain everywhere we went except Ca. We tried to bring it home with us.

We arrived home on Sept 9th, after spending 12 hours the LAST DAY getting home. We left the Elks Lodge in Madras Oregon, at 8:30AM and got home at 8:30PM. We've started getting the motorhome unpacked, but we've been running since we got here. We need a vacation to recuperate from the vacation. Tomorrow, we have no plans, but Sunday we will go to the Bay Area to see Pauline (Neil's mother-in-law) who fell and broke her hip.

We've had other sadness this year, My Aunt Hulda passed away at the age of 96 yrs. I sent her postcards from all the sites that we went to. She really liked to hear about the trip and she said it was like being with us. I was close to her, and I just can't hardly believe she is really gone. I will miss her alot.


These pictures were taken on the "Enchanted Highway" in ND. They were erected by a family there, taking as much as 3 years for some of them. We kinda felt like they were just an attraction to draw people into a town in ND out in the middle of nowhere. It worked, we went to the town, but we didn't go to the gift shops.

I'm really glad to be home and am not even thinking about going again soon. I don't think 4 1/2 mos away from home is something I'd like to do again soon. NO Thunder, lightning, hail, tornados, is just not for me. I also learned that I don't like all the traffic either, but the worst traffic we had was Spokane Wa at rush hour and Modesto at 8:00 at night. KC Mo wasn't as bad.

Until next time............maybe next year Be Safe & Healthy N&S

IDAHO

This factory was near my friends, in Rathdrum ID. Which is just a few miles from Couer D'Alene, we went there today to the government supplied FREE dump for motorhomes. WHY doesn't Ca have all the stuff these other smaller and less populated areas have. I'm sure they get less government money too. ??????

We went to the Buck Knife Factory, in Post Falls ID. This was one of the most interesting tours we have found on our trips. They showed us the rolled steel that they start with. Rolls weren't real big but they weighed 275 lbs. From there they showed us the processes from beginning to the finished knife in the box out to shipping. It was VERY interesting to see them made.

We've been on a number on interesting tours. I know another favorite was the Zippo factory 4 years ago.

This was a pretty mountain we saw when we were leaving ND.

We have learned since we've been in ID that the people of ID don't care much for people from CA. Last time we were here we were run off the road by a guy from Id. Was kinda weird.... We've seen alot of stuff on this trip, but we are both getting tired and wanting to get home. We're just kinda waiting for the weekend to get over with and we will leave here Tues morn. Don't know just when we'll get home, but we hoping to be home by Fri. Got appts next week. Life goes on after vacations. We're sayinf we're not going next year, but tonight Neil was looking for places we haven't been.

Hope to see everyone when we get home. Don't know how many more places we will see between now and then... Until......N&S

Minnesota & North Dakota

Click ON pics to enlargwe them. This was Medora North Dakota. This was in an amphitheatre. It was on top of a hill. It was a beautiful view (before dark) of the mountains of the Badlands of ND. I had never heard of badlands in ND. Always learn new things. The acrobats of the show were the Peking Acrobats, and they sure put on a show.

This was yours Truly in the Spam factory in Austin MN. We kinda went there so we could tell our friend John that we'd been there.

You don't actually tour the plant, they have a museum you go through, but that was cool too...

This was the campground in Austin MN. We went to the office, signed in, and they escorted us to the actual campground which was a goooood 1/2 mi from the office, and we were the only ones in the camp. There were trees on three sides and a cornfield on the other. Needless to say it was quiet...and Dark

Until next time....N&S