Hi Everyone,

After Leaving Prince George we headed southeast to Alberta. Upon entering Alberta, we drove through Jasper and Banff Provincial Parks. One of the most beautiful drives we made. The steep, jagged, snow capped and glacier covered mountains on either side of the highway was awesome. If you ever get up here it's a drive to make.

We dry camped near Alberta and then drove to the Dinosaur Provincial Park. The museum was full of every kind of dinosaur imaginable. The range was from the very weird looking to dino giants that had to be seen to be believed; my favorite was the T-Rex.

After Calgary, we drove south into Montana and camped at an RV resort in Polson that looked like it was for the rich & famous. When we booked it, it was listed as a KOA which we have known to be a medium of the road park. When we arrived, it looked like an RV sales lot for million dollar motorhomes (see photo below). We felt like the Clampets pulling in.

While in Polson, we drove to Lakeside to visit our friends Mike, Sunnie & Dane LaVigne (sandy too). Mike retired from the ABLE helicopter bureau, we flew many hours together. They have what we consider to be the ideal dream retirement home. See photo below.



While driving south on the 15 freeway near Idaho Falls, Idaho, we saw this B2 bomber making low passes. We stopped and took a few photos. What an awesome sight. As we continued south on the 15, we saw that it was there for an airshow. We saw the Blue Angels aircraft parked on the tarmac near the freeway. Wish we could have gone, but the traffic was horrendous in the area.


Here is our friends, the LaVigne's house in Lakeside, I think it's about 15,000 square feet...ok I'm not really sure. Thanks again for the visit Mike, Sunnie & Dane.

Here is a beautiful sunset over the KOA RV park in Polson.


Here is one of the many million dollar plus motorhomes in the KOA. This one is owned by the ex-owner of Kenworth trucks. Must be nice..

Here was our initial view of the park, we thought that this must be an RV sales lot as they were all lined up and looking brand new (as most were).

Here is the wonderful T-Rex. This one stood about 30' tall and it's mouth was big enough to swallow me in one bite. I could not imagine running into this in a dark forest.

Here is a T-Rex skeleton that two boys fishing found in the late 1980's. They told their science teacher of it who then told the museum of it. What a find.

Here is a large Ammonite. It is about 24" across. They dig for these and use the colorful shell for jewelry. Over millions of years the pressure of the rocks turns the shells into this colorful mineral.

The overpass in the photo is actually an animal crossing. There were many of these throughout Jasper and Banff Parks.

We're off to Zion National Park in Utah to hike, explore, horseback ride & golf. We will try and post in a few days.

Take Care & Thank you for looking,

Vern, Sue & Dug