It's time to head toward Ocean City, NJ for the annual meeting of all the cousins, aunts, uncles, grandchildren, and assorted friends. It's 2,500 miles to the Atlantic Ocean ! We can do it! We did all the laundry, packed up and headed out. Our destination is Billings, Montana. ..We retraced our steps down Swan Drive along the beautiful Swan Lake and stopped at our old stomping grounds for lunch - Trixie's. I played a little video poker and won $5.25. The kids wer...

Today was the day! We were finally going to get to do the Going-To-The-Sun Road drive. But first, break and re-make camp within the same park. Ugh. We had already set up camp yesterday when we discovered that we could not get on the tour bus until today. I sprinted back to the office to sign on for another night. They had room, but we would have to change sites in the morning! So, we had to get up, go through the entire hassle of breaking down camp, move across ...

We woke up at a somewhat reasonable hour…8:00 a.m. It was time to leave our favorite little camping spot and head to Columbia Falls, MT just outside the western entrance to Glacier National Park. We planned to do the "Going To The Sun" drive today. We got everything packed up and felt very proud of ourselves. Then we learned another lesson with the trailer. Make a note of this. When attaching the trailer to your hitch, do not, I repeat, DO NOT remove...

We slept in late, as usual. It is so nice to be staying more than one day somewhere…we don't have to break camp! Yea! After lollygagging around, our neighbor, Jeff stopped by and asked us if we would like to join him on his boat later that day to take a tour of Flathead Lake. Of course we very happily accepted such a generous offer! We left for lunch, and as I tried to drive to a new and different place, the entire car erupted with, "We have to eat at the...

We were very sad to leave our little campground by the river in Deer Lodge! The hostess was great. I asked her what time check-out was, and she said, "Whatever time you leave!" Whew! What a relief not to have to break camp and get out of there quickly. We took our time, got showered, organized, etc. and hit the road for our next and very highly anticipated stop, Flathead Lake. Grandma's friend, Glenda, has gone to Flathead Lake for a week each summe...