Well, it has been a wonderful travel season. We traveled about 7000 miles this year on three trips. We have returned from Hostfest (pronounced Hoostfest), and we wanted to follow the Lewis and Clark Trail along the Missouri River, so we took Highway 2 from North Dakota. We stayed the first night in Glasgow at a very nice campground that was completely empty, then pushed on to Great Falls, where we toured the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center, which is located on the edge of the Missouri River near the five great falls that the Corps of Discovery had to portage around in 1805. The drive along the Missouri is just beautiful. What a river, and it just invites you to get the fishing pole. The Lewis and Clark center did not disappoint either. We read through all the exhibits in about two and a half hours.
Yesterday, we pushed on for nine hours of driving to Post Falls on the Idaho line with Washington, cruising Lookout Pass on a beautiful sunny day with 65 degrees. The leaves are yellow to burnt orange, so it was fun to see the fall color palette. We conclude our journal with a summary of thoughts about this past year. First, we love this RV’ing more than ever. If we could, we would head south for the winter, but we have to take the coach in for a replacement of our rear differential housing unit. It has arrived after 120 days of waiting, so we will winterize it on Monday, then move it over to Freightliner for the replacement part. Then, we will store it for the winter. We are averaging 10,000 miles during about four months of travel each year, and our next trip will probably be either a trip to the east coast and up to Nova Scotia, or possibly a trip to Alaska, and it depends on how early we can get away. If we can get away early next year, we will head east and plan to go up the eastern seaboard to Newfoundland. If we can’t get away in February, we may opt for a summer in Alaska. Either way sounds exciting, doesn’t it? We stayed in the west this year because of two family weddings and the oil leak which will now be repaired. We are looking forward to longer and more extensive travels, so, for Jan and Pepper, we thank you for reading about our travels this year, and join us again next year for more travels with Pepper, the fourth year!
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