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We are staying here for a couple of weeks, visiting Vic’s daughter and getting some routine maintenance done in our camper like washing and waxing and resealing. Fun stuff 🥴. We’ve hired a friend of Dawn’s to do most of the work. He doesn’t mind getting up on a ladder and does great work. We think he would be a great RV tech.

This campground has a rustic feel to it, sounded by pine trees and meadows. The sites are huge and spaced far apart. There is a flock of wild turkeys living in the area. They roam through the campsites whenever they feel like it.

Brown eyed Susans flourish everywhere.

It’s the only one here. I talked to the guy living in it who said it belonged to a friend of his. The owner got assigned overseas so he is renting it. Notice the sky! Also you can see a couple of cabins that are available to rent nightly for $125. Bring your own sheets and towels. (!!)

That’s a peek into our life here at Camp Hale. Except for the helicopter pilots doing training runs over and around us it’s pretty quiet.

Stay safe everyone. XO

September 2, 2025

We got part way through the process of becoming a SD resident. (Our reason for going to SD.) We only had 5 business days in the RV park we chose because it’s where our friends Mark and Elizabeth have been staying. I had a breakout migraine on two of the days. I managed them without having to visit emergency care but still, they ruined the day for getting anything meaningful done. There’s no rhyme or reason for those darn things and I’ve been faithfully taking the medication.

I thought I had all the necessary paperwork for the DMV but we are missing one piece of documentation (Vic’s birth certificate) for the DMV so we’ll have to come back to finish up with the driver licenses and vehicle registration. We both searched everywhere we could think of but couldn’t find it.

We want to spend the winter near Tucson AZ. While there we can get established with new doctors, dentists, and whoever else.

We’ve had a wonderful time here visiting with our friends Mark and Elizabeth.

One of the things we needed for SD residency was a receipt from an RV park to prove we were here. We are staying in the same park as M&E and actually got the space right next to them! Zoe and their dog Mazee are old friends. They were so excited to see one another and had so much fun playing together. These photos are duplicates, sorry.

We left this morning and decided to keep going until we felt like stopping. We found a rest area for overnight and will get to Colorado Springs in another 200 miles. We’ll visit Vic’s daughter Dawn and then head to Arizona via New Mexico.

We drove through 4 states today – South Dakota, Nebraska, Wyoming and Colorado. We saw miles of fields of sunflowers in Nebraska. I wanted a picture so bad! but we were on a two lane road with no place to stop.

Stay safe everyone. XO

One last thing. We don’t plan to go back to Florida. We need to be a resident of a state and SD is RV friendly. They don’t require a copy of a lease or mortgage or utility bill to prove you live there. They will accept the RV park receipt and a PMB (personal mailbox). For the mailbox we will have a new address to replace the Fl address. So now you know why we are going through all this.

August 14, 2025

We’ve been at Malmstrom AFB for two weeks. This has been a great spot, dry camping next to a huge field. Not to brag but we are paying $60 a week. There’s another huge field they let go to seed and then mowed a couple of walking paths. There are holes everywhere in both made by Prairie dogs. Zoe loves the freedom she has here.

We are going to Rapid City, SD, next. We plan to register our truck in SD and get new licenses so we will be official residents. SD is nomad RV friendly. They accept a mailing address as an “address”. We’ll have to change our mailing address as part of this process.

We went to a farmers market on Saturday. The fresh produce, eggs and baked goods were impressive. This area has Hutterites, a group that farms and sells their crops and baked goods. The women wear white on black polka dot head scarves. Those ladies can make banana bread that melts in your mouth.

We always have one eye on the weather. It will be 5-10 degrees cooler this week in Red Lodge MT than here in Great Falls MT so we are moving to Red Lodge tomorrow then on to Rapid City SD.

Stay safe everyone. XO

We left Horse Thief fishing access last Friday after being there for two weeks. We got on the road at 7 am with 4 potential places to stop. None of them panned out. Unbelievable. By now it’s almost 4 pm. We decided to pull into the nearest rest stop. Not the most wonderful but it wasn’t terrible.

The next morning, Saturday, we headed to Malmstrom and realized we were going past the RV resort (Shyrock Resort) where our friends Tim and Renee are staying so we decided to surprise them.

The GPS said take exit 55. Down the ramp and around the bend is this:

No way to turn around. We crossed our fingers the bridge would hold. We found out later we should have taken the next exit. Ugh.

They were excited to see us and told us they have guest pads for $45/night. They have been subletting a space for two weeks, fell in love with the place, and bought a lot! The park is set in the tall pines, beautifully laid out sites ranging from 1/4 to 3/4 acre. People either park their RV or put a tiny home on the lot with plenty of room to landscape and have whatever extras you want like a pavilion, garden etc. There’s a lot to love here, we can see why they bought.

This morning we set out for Malmstrom AFB in Great Falls, MT. No issues, just a very long day. We are boondocking for $100/week. We plan to stay a few weeks.

Stay safe XO

July 31, 2025

The Ranger finally caught up to us. He came by this afternoon and told us we have to leave. Vic asked for 24 hours and he said OK. We’ve had a great 2 weeks here with new friends, a farmers market and an Amish market plus a good walking area and a beautiful park for Zoe in town.

We wanted to replenish our water supply yesterday so we filled up our bladder and filled up Tina and David’s water tank and then ours. The other couple we’ve been friendly with wanted to try it out so they got some water too. I’m pretty sure both couples will get water bladders now they’ve seen how easy it is. It’s fun to share information and ideas with other campers.

Last night was a thunderstorm with hail that went on for at least 10 minutes. It was deafening but no damage.

We made a last trip to the Amish market and stocked up on their Cajun red beans and rice since it was so tasty.

We are leaving in the morning and going to a fishing access spot on Lake George, MT.

Stay safe everyone! XO

We’ve had a really nice time here. We met a newly retired couple from Gainesville, FL traveling in a Casita (a small camper).

We have spent many enjoyable hours chatting with them. They travel 5 months of the year and stay in their house during the winter. We went to the farmers market on Saturday with them and was that ever fun. Baked goods, flowers, fruit and vegetables. Even a booth with thrifted clothing that was embellished with fabric, ink stamped, or changed in some other way to make the piece different and cute.

Babies and families with dogs. Just a really fun morning.

David and Tina told us they seek out Amish or Mennonite markets where ever they go and now we will do that. What a great idea. There is an Amish market 8 miles from here.

We’ve been thinking about going to Washington where it’s cooler. Vic has worked out a travel route through Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

There’s a 7 day stay limit here. We are waiting for the Ranger to tell us time to move on which could be any day now. We’ve been here ten days. We’ll linger here a day or three longer.

Stay safe everyone. XO

We came here from Cody for the cooler temps. We are staying in a place called Horse Thief Fishing Access. In truth, there is no such access but it’s close to free and there’s a creek. We had to get a conservancy license for $10 and we can stay for 7 days.

Red Lodge is a ski town in the winter. Currently there is a weekend motorcycle gathering. The riding around here is great for them including Beartooth Highway.

Every motel, hotel, and bed and breakfast is full. Broadway, the Main Street is one interesting shop or restaurant after another so these people are out looking around and shopping. Of course there are vendors set up just for this event. One place had racks of leather vests and jackets.

We met a sweet little Yorkie named Cricket. Zoe was friends with her until they went home yesterday.

She had one blue eye and one brown eye and weighed 4 pounds.

We took a walk through town yesterday and enjoyed the flowers.

Many of the shops all had baskets of flowers outside their entrances.

We are planning to return to Cody in a few days.

Stay cool everyone. XO

July 11, 2025

Vic’s daughter Dawn has been visiting and we’ve been showing her the area. We drove through Yellowstone one day and visited most of the tourist attractions.

We saw some beautiful/impressive waterfalls.

Dawn wanted to see Old Faithful. She and I left Vic and Zoe in the parking lot and walked to where the display would be. We walked around it on the boardwalk and saw several geothermal features.

The sign said the next eruption of Old Faithful was 11:16 plus or minus ten minutes. We sat on these benches with the rest of the crowd and waited.

We waited until 12:45 in the heat and saw this.

A different day we went to the Buffalo Bill museum.

The admission ticket is good for two days and the place is so big you need two days. We saw some interesting stuff. There were sections on the Wild West, popular culture, Indian tribes, animals and guns.

We didn’t go into the gun part.

Dawn will be here until Sunday. We have more activities planned like going to the visitor center in Cody and eating a meal at the steakhouse we enjoyed so much.

My daughter Holly’s birthday is today and I’m wishing her a very happy birthday ❤️.

Stay safe everyone! XO

Cody Wyoming

We are going back and forth between here and Homestead Campground. We love both places but BBSP has a two week limit so…

We’ve had a few camp fires and invited James and Olivia and Riley. We also invited our campground neighbors Renee and Tim. For the most recent camp fire we cooked potatoes, corn and chicken in the fire pit. Oh boy was that delicious.

Riley is very engaging and smiles a lot but doesn’t let people hold her besides her parents. However, twice now she has sat in Vic’s lap.

We went into Yellowstone a few days ago. It’s several thousand feet higher in elevation inside the park and it had snowed overnight.

Other sights in Yellowstone:

Also saw an eagle while in Yellowstone.

One afternoon we were sitting outside at our site watching swallows flying and swooping back and forth catching bugs after the sprinklers had been turned off. They were flying so fast I gave up trying to get a shot. Vic tried for a while and got this.

There’s plenty of wildlife around here.

From the red tail hawk nest:

And if you are curious about houses out here you’ll want to see this posh place. On the Yellowstone River. Zoom in so you can see the carved wooden bear on the porch.

This sure is a wonderful and beautiful place.

Stay safe everyone. XO

June 10, 2025

We saw one of our favorite bears yesterday. This is Jam feeding on plants on a hillside.

We also saw a baby bison. This little guy is too cute!!

There are tons of deer around.

Is it funny to anyone besides me that I recently got a new jacket and the brand name is marmot ?

One other thing I wanted to share. Couple of days ago there was so much whitish/grayish stuff floating around it looked like snow. We guessed it was pollen as in dandelions when they become puffs and fly around. Turns out it is called “cottoning”. Every year the cottonwoods shed and sometimes it’s so thick it looks like snow. Lots of cottonwoods in this area.

That’s all for now. Stay safe XO