Winter Excursion 9, Day 234

We did absolutely nothing today! It was relaxing!

We did manage to play a card game in the afternoon.

We did get a few pics of some of the local residents.

Here's a nice whitetail.

Look close (zoom in) here's a nice young moose.

We are off to more points west tomorrow.

Winter Excursion 9, Day 239

We left camp at 0800 and drove 140 miles to Dayton, WA to visit Cath's sister, Maggie, and her husband Bob. It was a nice drive on the backroads through eastern Washington. Along the way we saw deer and even a moose!

We had a fun visit with Maggie and Bob. They took us to lunch at a great bakery in Dayton. The sandwiches were delicious.

We left around 1500 and drove back to camp.

It was a fun day!  

Winter Excursion 9, Day 238

We left Lolo, MT around 1000 and made the short (197 miles) drive to Liberty Lake Regional Park Camp Ground southeast of Spokane, WA.

We stopped at a rest area on I-90 to eat lunch. This rest area looked very familiar, think Deja Vue. We thought about it a few minutes and realized we had stopped here with Jacob on the way to the Family Reunion 6 years ago!

After gaining an hour, we're on West Coast time now, we arrived at our campground around 1330.

Here's Site #6. It is very unlevel fore and aft! Notice the truck.

The campground was almost empty when we arrived, but was full by dinner time. It's a small campground with around 20 sites.

Winter Excursion 9, Day 237

We slept in this morning and then had a nice breakfast. We did a little camp maintenance and relaxed.

We took a short drive to Lolo Hot Springs. The landscape scenery was beautiful, but the Hot Springs are just a ski resort that is for the most part closed right now.

We played some cards and then headed out for an early dinner.  Lolo Creek Steakhouse is famous in this area. It opens at 1700. We got there at 1645 and there was already a line to get in when it opens. I would guess by 1715 every table was occupied and there was a waiting list for folks still outside. The food and drink was excellent. Here's a few pics.

We had a good time and a great meal!

 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 236

We went into town this morning and did a little shopping and got some propane. On the way out of TSC I got this pic of Fire Station #5 in Lolo. Cath's niece's husband use to work there. They have since moved back to Oregon. We sent the pic to Cath's niece. We all got a kick out of that!

In the afternoon we drove the 2 miles to Fort Fizzle Historic Site Picnic Area. I've been wanting to fly the drone and this was the perfect place. There is a short path to the stream. Looks trouty to me!

I did get the drone in the air.

There were two young guys having lunch at one of the tables. We said Hi and asked if they minded that we fly the drone. This started up a conversation. Seems this guys are Firemen in this area and they know Cath's niece's husband and had worked with their daughter. If that was not coincidence enough one of the guy's father was an Army Helicopter Pilot and an 

OH-58 Maintenance Test Pilot.

BTW. All the pics except the fire station and the stream pics were taken with the drone.

Back at camp we sat outside and watched all the new campers coming in for the night. 

 

  

Winter Excursion 9, Day 235

We left Big Timber, MT and drove 280 miles to Lolo, MT. It was a nice drive with no issues,

We arrived at Yellowrock Campground around 1400. It's a nice campground. We were booked for Site #24, but they changed us to Site #6. There is a big Class A in #24! Site #6 is what I would call a "transient" site. It's a little close to the neighbors, but for three nights it will do.

All is well in the Boss Camp!

 

Winter Excursion 9, Day 234

It was L-day again, our favorite! The place was empty when we got there and it was nice and clean. This laundromat also has a pay shower. The first 3 minutes is $1, first time we've seen that! It also has  mural on the floor. This area is called Sweet Grass and the High School Football team is called the Sheep Herders.

On the way back to camp we got this pic of the valley we are in with some new snow on the mountains.

This really is a beautiful area. It's 25 miles up the valley before you even get to the foothills.

We checked out a local brewery for dinner. The beer was great and the food truck out front was also excellent. It was fun talking to the locals once they figured out we were not from the city!