15Sep 2011 by Lboll No Comments

Big Horn Mountains – Prune Creek

Well we just spent three days in another of God’s little secrets - Prune Creek campground in the Big Horn National Forest. Small campground with no hook-ups but our site was right on Prune Creek.Absolutely beautiful!Big thanks to my brother, Wayne, for telling us about this place. The first day we were there we were a little irritated with the traffic noise because it is close to a major road that goes through the mountains. But it seems after you sit by the creek and listen to the sound of the water the traffic noise is just a small noise in the background.All three days at the campsite we had a visitor or I guess two visitors.A mama moose and her calf make their home around the campground and everyday…

04Sep 2011 by Lboll No Comments

Buffalo, WY – Crazy Woman Canyon

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We were in God’s country today. We are parked in Buffalo, WY on the outskirts of the Big Horn Mountains.The host at the RV Park told us about this drive through Crazy Woman Canyon in the Big Horn National Forest about 25 miles west of Buffalo.So we decided to pack a lunch, put the dogs in the truck and off we went.At about 25 miles out we turned on to a single lane dirt road.If you met an oncoming car you had to find a spot for one of you to pull over to let the other pass. It was an adventure but an absolutely beautiful drive.We think it was about 20 miles on this road.The fastest we could drive was about 8 miles an hour but there was so…

01Sep 2011 by Lboll No Comments

Gillette, WY – Escapades

On Our Minds

Our seventh day of Escapees RV Club Escapade just finished. We survived some really hot weather several days in a row and a couple of nights of scary storms but what a great learning experience!The first two and a half days were boot camp for first-timers.Joe loved it and I was bored.It was all technical things such as tire pressure stuff, weight load in the RV and other guy stuff which I know is important in our travels but just couldn’t get my head into it after the first couple of 3 hour seminars.So I spent quality time with the dogs and Joe took in all the information. Monday started the actual Escapade seminars. They were great!We could elect to go to 4 seminars a day and pick from 5…

28Aug 2011 by Lboll No Comments

Devils Tower and Keystone State Park

State Parks

Devils Tower and Keystone State Park We decided to stay a few days at Devils Tower, WY at a KOA with Devils Tower as a backdrop.I do not like KOAs.Too expensive for what it is but it was close to where we wanted to be.We went into Devils Tower National Monument Park and found out we could have camped there.Missed a great opportunity.We hiked the perimeter of the Tower which was 1.3 miles but took us over an hour.The Tower is so beautiful and as you go around it the face changes.It was very crowded with a lot of tourists.Again it was a very hot day and we were very glad we had taken the hike in the morning. Tragedy had hit the KOA owners the week before we came.The…

21Aug 2011 by Lboll

Theodore Roosevelt National Park -Watford City, N.D.

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We arrived at Theodore Roosevelt National Park- North on Thursday, Aug 18th.Traveling north on Hwy 85 from 94 we had 61 miles of 2 lane highway and not a town to be seen.When we got to the park we weren’t charged the entry fee because the 14 mile loop going through the park was closed at mile 6 because of a mudslide.It was disappointing that we couldn’t drive the loop. The campground was at mile 5 in the park so we decided to take our bicycles and see how much of the loop we could cover.We neglected to think about what we were doing.This loop was going up to a summit that overlooked the park. Needless to say we didn’t make it very far on our bikes.We would walk a…

16Aug 2011 by Lboll

Oh The Places We Will Go!

On Our Minds

We set a date of Aug 9th to start our adventure. We were finally going to leave Minnesota and start the next stage of our life – full-timing. Oh, we have been living full-time in our 5th wheel since March but staying pretty close to “home” (Minnesota). With work done and all of our paperwork finally finished it was time to leave. Our last week in Minnesota was a fabulous week. There were luncheons with friends, dinners with family and friends and a lot of family time. Our son Zach flew in from Ohio for 4 days. We were able to have a couple of days with the entire family but there always felt like something was missing. Our future daughter-in-law, Lauren, was unable to come with Zach because of…

15Aug 2011 by Lboll No Comments

Grand Marais, MN

On Our Minds

A last minute trip to Grand Marias, MN was just what we needed to get out of the terrible heat in the cities. On Friday we left temperatures of 90+ in the Twin Cities to 56 degrees in Grand Marais. Maybe that was too big of a difference but it sure felt good. Baby Cate and momma Cassie tagged along to Grand Marais. We were so excited about being able to spend 4 days with them in our 5th wheel. Poor Cate got a very bad cold and we ended going back to the cities a day early so she could go see the doctor. Even with Cate getting sick we had a great time in one of our favorite places and Cate was a perfect baby.

14Jul 2011 by Lboll

The Lake

On Our Minds

We are done, retired, finished with work. It really hasn’t sunk in that neither of us will ever have to return to work. Wow! Friday morning, July 1st we took off to “The Lake”. Our daughter and son-in-law graciously allowed us to camp out on their lakeshore for 10 days. No cell phone service, no television, no internet service and actually no newspaper for 10 wonderful days. It sure was a nice way to de-clutter the brain after so many years of work. Every evening we took the paddle boat out on the lake (oh yes, no motors on the lake) to watch and listen to a pair of loons. Some nights we stayed out long enough to watch the sunset. We were in pure heaven. People ask how it…

16Jun 2011 by Lboll No Comments

Frontenac State Park, Minnesota

Campgrounds

Back to the woods even if it was only for a weekend. LOVE the woods! And Frontenac is very wooded. The sites are a little close together but it was very shaded and there is something about staying in a state park. We had a great weekend with Jennifer, Julie, Paxton and their friends. It was so nice of them to allow Joe and I to join their camping group. They are a great group of people. Saturday night we had a Kabob night. Everyone brought something to put on a kabob. Good food! Weather was perfect. It was hard to go back to Dakotah Meadows with no trees. Just a few more weeks.

04May 2011 by bolllj No Comments

Dakotah Meadows RV Park

Campgrounds

Life at Dakotah Meadows is not exactly what we had pictured when we decided to go full-timing but it works for us at this time. Staff are excellent and everything is so clean. Very dog friendly. Had issues with a neighbor over our dogs and when we talked to the office staff they assured us that they are a dog friendly park and not to worry. If nothing else would bring us back to Dakotah Meadows it would be the staff.