Prince George, BC to Yellowstone, WY

The Alaska Caravan just a memory now, we’re on our way home. The picture was taken along I90 in Montana. If all goes as planned, we’ll arrive back home on August 24th.

8/05/10 Thursday: Our first travel day toward home, took us South on Canada 97 for a little over 5 hours, then West on Route 8 through some mountains to Merritt, BC. As we left Prince George, we began to smell smoke, and there was a smokey haze over the area. It wasn’t long before visibility dropped to a maximum of ½ mile. This continued for several hours before returning to just a light smokey haze. We were not surprised, as there were currently over 400 forest fires burning in BC.

8/06/10 Friday: Today we crossed the border back into the US. Going through Customs, our load was lightened by an Agriculture Customs Agent who came aboard and took our two tomatoes and two apples. We stopped at a wonderful campground just North of Spokane, WA…situated in a private golf community. There was still a light smokey haze even in WA.

8/07/10: Saturday: Today was a rest day. We drove to an RV Superstore, picked up a few things from their Parts Department and toured some 2010 Winnebagos. Other than that, we just relaxed and enjoyed the beautiful weather.

8/08/10 Sunday: Today’s drive took us through 3 States, WA, ID and MT. It rained last night and that seemed to have cleared up the air. Northern Idaho is beautiful and Montana really lives up to its’ “Big Sky” name. We spent the night at a nice small campground in Garrison, MT.

8/09/10 Monday: Continued on in MT to Gardiner, MT, just a few blocks from the North Entrance to Yellowstone. We only spent 2-days in Yellowstone on our way to Alaska, and that was not enough, so we’re stopping by again for a few more days. Another nice day on the road, but right after arrival in the campground, we had some heavy thunder storms.