August 2023

Cracker Barrel and Pokagon State Park – Janesville, WI and Angola, IN – August 16 – 19, 2023

We left Highland Ridge Campground in Spring Valley, Wisconsin on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 for a 250-mile, 4-hour drive to stay at a Cracker Barrel in Janesville, Wisconsin for one night. We left early in the afternoon so we could arrive in time for dinner. The manager there was very nice. Their usual spots for […]

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Highland Ridge Campground – Valley Springs, Wisconsin – August 11 – 16

After our wonderful visit with Cindy’s cousins in Minnesota, we left Gull Lake Recreational Area on Friday, August 11th a few minutes after 9 am for a 3 1/2 hour drive to Highland Ridge Campground in Valley Springs, Wisconsin. We stopped at the fill station at the front of the campground to top off our

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Gull Lake Recreation Area – Brainerd, Minnesota – August 6 – 11, 2023

Sunday morning, August 6, 2023 we were up at 6 am and left Mel Riemann at 8 am for a 200 mile drive to Gull Lake Recreational Area in Brainerd, Minnesota. We arrived there at 12:30 pm and we immediately dumped, flushed and filled our fresh water tank, then proceeded to our site to set

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Mel Rieman Recreational Area – Valley City, ND – August 2 – 6, 2023

When you want a piece of pie so badly you’ll plan your whole trip around getting it. We left Buffalo Gap Guest Ranch in Medora, ND around 9am on Wednesday, August 2, 2023 for a 290 mile drive to the Mel Rieman Recreational Area in Valley City, North Dakota. It was a straight shot on

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Yellowstone Cellars and Winery – Buffalo Gap Guest Ranch – Billings, MT and Medora, ND – July 27 to August 2, 2023

We left Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park on Thursday, July 27th for a leisurely 188 mile drive to Billings, Montana. There, we’d be staying for one night at a Harvest Host location – the Yellowstone Cellars and Winery. It was located in an industrial portion of the city, so no grapevines on rolling hills

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Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park — Cardwell, Montana July 24-27, 2023

Monday morning, July 24, 2023 we left Quartz Flat (out the same tunnel we passed through on the way in) and drove a little over 200 miles Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park in Cardwell, Montana. If you’ve been reading our posts then you realize that we’re back-tracking along pretty much the same route that

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Country Lane RV Park and Quartz Flat Campground in Lolo National Forest – Wilbur, WA and Superior, MT – July 22 -23, 2023

We left Kanaskat-Palmer State Park late Saturday morning for a four-hour drive of 234 miles back to Country Lane RV Park and Campground in Wilbur, Washington where we had stayed a couple of weeks earlier. I was extra-alert and careful as we drove onto the Dry Falls Dam. If you read our post about that

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Kanaskat-Palmer State Park, Washington July 15 – 22, 2023

On Saturday, July 15, 2023 we left Tolt-MacDonald Campground in Carnation (near Redmond) and drove 33 miles south to Kanaskat-Palmer State Park. We also stayed here last year when we visited the kids/grandkids. Cindy has looked and looked but these are the two closest campgrounds to Redmond that are the most economical for us. We

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Tolt-MacDonald Campground in Carnation, WA – July 8 -15, 2023

Saturday, July 8, 2023 we left Wilbur, WA for a 4 hour drive through the mountains to Carnation, Washington and the Tolt-Macdonald Campground. About 40 miles into our trip we blew a tire on the trailer just as we drove onto the Dry Falls Dam. This dam is a mile long and only has two

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Sloway Campground in Lolo National Forest and Country Lane RV Park – St. Regis, Montana and Wilbur, WA – July 6 – 8, 2023

On Thursday, July 6, 2023 we left Lewis & Clark Caverns State Park and drove 225 miles to Sloway Campground in the Lolo National Forest, St. Regis, Montana for a one-nighter. It was a drive full of scenic beauty. But the best looking scenery (for Cindy) was a series of billboards advertising a place that

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