25-28 August 2018. Driving home

25 August 2018. Power Driving home.

We now started driving in earnest. Our plan was for between 400-500 miles/day. The views were mostly Smokey from the fires, until it started raining. Good for the fires, still bad for views and photographs.

We spent the night in another Provincial Park, Juniper Beach, near Cache Creek.

Be warned, if the campground you are heading for advertises “Great for Train watching”, that could mean there are trains coming and going on both sides of the campground!

Juniper Beach Provincial Park, along Thompson River

Yep, excellent train watching at this park!

Trains were running on both sides of campgrounds

26 August 2018 – back to the US. – Washington and Idaho

We aimed for a little bit bigger border crossing this time, in Osoyoos, BC. The Osoyoos area itself was pretty amazing – fruit growing everywhere- wine and fruit stands at every corner. Big metropolitan area. Looked like it was set up for Canadian “snowbirding” (where Canadians go in the winter to stay warm). The smoke wasn’t quite as bad today, but it was raining again.

This border crossing facility was huge – even had public bathrooms. They did confiscate our three potatoes, though

There were fires burning on the Washington side of the border, too.

Stopped at the Grand Coulee Dam as we drove by. Wonderful visitor center!

We spent the night at one of our favorite places, the Domy driveway! Got to have dinner with Pat. Also got to pick up our broken rims to take home and get resolved.

27 August 2018. Montana

We were still power driving. Smoke was better, but still rain. We even saw a moose!

We saw a couple of trains with airplanes on them!

Montana is a big state. Not a lot of people here, but you don’t get the same feeling of alone-ness that you do in the Yukon. You can look out and see a train track in the distance. You can see fence lines, evidence of grazing. Even a billboard or two…