Eastern travel once again.

Some overseas guests arrived for a great visit last two weeks of May. It was wonderful to have them here….. we managed a three generation picture just to prove it…..

….and then it was time to get on the road again….

It’s always a little sad leaving because we do love our oasis in Alberta.

But time for some travel adventures has arrived so we will leave our buddies behind and just hope they don’t eat ALL of my trees….!!!!

After a couple of changes to the plan…we started south through Coutts /Sweetgrass and made our first stop in Glasgow Montana.

We have stopped there before…but this time we stayed at the Shady Rest….which sounds more like a funeral home than a campground……but be assured the residents and staff were quite lively…!!!

In Glasgow (Montana)one just has to take the stroll down to the Busted Knuckle Taproom.

We arrived there to discover it was the start of the Milk River Catfish festival. So there were many many people in very good humour….and even some dancing with a live band.

The next days driving was a bit of a challenge. Strong crosswinds straight from the south all day as we drove straight east. Stopping in Bismarck, North Dakota overnight we were pleased to see a pickleball court there….but the wind was so ridiculous there was no way to play.

Back on the road and weaving through Minnesota to a Harvest Host in the middle of cabin country, an overnight at the Snarky Loon kraft brewery in Jenkins Minnesota was next on the list.

A lovely spot…fairly level parking…good beer, food and people.

After some heavy rain overnight I was a bit concerned about just how soft the ground underneath us might have become….I had visions of the leveling blocks sinking straight into the ground….LOL…as ever…my fears were unfounded…

Then a stop in Ironwood, Michigan. The last time we passed through Ironwood we tried to go into Stormy Kromer.….but we were there on the only day of the week that they are closed. This time I planned a little more carefully…and booked the campground at the other end of town….!!!!

…and yes we bought the hats…!!!

One more stop on our journey over to Ontario. We had this great idea that if we stopped at the Straits State Park….right by the Mackinaw Bridge … we would get some good pictures of the bridge…..

We carefully selected a site right at the edge of the park as it looked like we might have the best photo angle……but no. ……it’s an old park…and although the site was definitely big enough …the angle it was at was…well…it was impossible….I should have taken a picture…but was too busy trying to arrange a change of site…and praying there was another we could get into.

We moved a bit further down the loop and pulled onto a site right next to a very lovely couple form Michigan. (Hi Kristie and Tony…!!!) as you can see the grade was a bit scary….but the angle was do-able.