We are parked at Polson RV Resort on Flathead Lake in Montana. We decided to amend our Alaskan adventures to include more trips. Today we visited the nearby National Bison Range where we were fortunate to see a black bear,

One big boy!

Grazing rams.

many bison, mountain sheep, pronghorn antelope, and mule deer. It was so much fun to see all of these animals on our two hour drive.

We arrived in Redmond Or where we left the motor home and started our trip to Alaska…. 9208 miles later and over 2 months ago. It was a great trip. Everyone must take this trip by road. Not air, not ship, The Road.. And don’t be afraid to go into the boonies.  Looking back, water in various forms, size, temperatures, flowing, still, colors, snow, ice  etc was the most viewed and photographed . Combined with the mountains and lush greenery, the trip is full of wow moments. We left behind many unphotographed  areas as they were so spectacular a photo could do them no justice. ….We got along famously in our 7×8 home with shower and john and kitchen and loft and occasionally a TV.  We spent a lot of time outside in our lawn chairs. We also checked out many eating spots with great results. Also sampled as many different brews as we could find…at least I did.  Linda likes her scotch ..on our way back heading south we came upon more population and more traffic and both of us at the same time didn’t like the feeling of leaving such a wonderful easy pace and the land of the midnight sun.

Robert Service was a British born, Scottish raised, Canadian poet who became famous for his Klondike Gold Rush writings. He actually arrived in Dawson City 

Cabin in Dawson City, yukon Territory where Riobert Service began his full time wruting cateer.

Robert Service cabin

  ten years after the gold rush but was inspired by the recollections of those who had participated. He is best known for “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”.