Our Alaska Adventures

Trip back home to Illinois

Received this e-mail from Chuck Childs concerning my question on the ORANGE bus.....

"That's a German Bus. The man outside is cooking their meal. They sleep in individual apartments like being in a morgue where they place the bodies. Slid in an out. The other side is big windows for them to view. No bathroom so they look for trees. I have seen several of these and one time at Devil's Tower they pulled up and stopped and the people came out running looking for a tree....finding none they just went."
So now you know...

Day 107 Calgary Alberta to Swift Current Saskatchewan....late start due to all the stories we heard about Calgary's rush hour. We are still without cell service and the Wi-Fi at the campground was not reaching us. Maybe today will be a better communication day.

Canada Olympic Park

Across Alberta and into Saskatchewan

Looked alot like the prairie states in the USA

Wheat and Barley

Day 108 Swift Current to Minot North Dakota

63 degrees this morning and the decision has been made.....we are headed to the lower 48......

Wheat and harvest trucks

They are busy in the fields

White Sands Bird Preserve

lots of small towns

Weyburn....grain capital of Canada

Canadian/US customs stations in North Portal ND

Big place which surprised us

They let us back into the lower 48

Bugs and all

Day 109 Minot ND to Ashby MN.....I didn't compete with the bugs today

Early in North Dakota

Evening in Minnesota

Small quiet park

Day 110 Ashby Minnesota to Madison Wisconsin...54 degrees this morning...want to arrive in Minneapolis after rush hour....

Minneapolis here we are

Traffic is good

Into Wisconsin

And the KOA in Madison Wisconsin

Day 111.....we are headed to Marion Illinois....435 miles away......Labor Day weekend.....September 3rd is a big day as Dorie turns 9 years old and is starting school Monday as a 4th grader. She is at the beach with friends and having a big time....