Sunday May 7th 2017

Yesterday’s rain stopped overnight. The day started as a cloudy and cool day. It ended with sunshine in the high fifties. The temperature in the camper this morning was forty three degrees.

Snow on top of the northern mountain. It wasn’t there before the storm and it is almost gone now compared to this morning.

I began the day in travel planning mode. Yesterday’s rainy cold weather reminded me that I was moving north and up in altitude. The idea of getting up near the Canadian boarder before summer caught up was a real possibility. I have decided to slow down while speeding up. Isn’t that a confusing statement.

My original plan was to make my way more or less straight north to Glacier National Park with a pause in southern Idaho near Twin Falls and Craters of the Moon National Monument. This plan got me to the Glacier area in the beginning of June. The “Going to the Sun” road across the park doesn’t usually open until the end of June so that plan was pushing the window. After Glacier, I didn’t have any real plan until the middle of July in the Salt Lake City area.

Looking at a real map rather than the narrow view shown on Google Maps, I realized it was missing an opportunity to visit Yellowstone National Park. The west entrance to the park is at the intersection of Idaho, Montana and Wyoming. I checked the route and even though it crosses the Continental Divide, it is accessible in my RV Home via route US 20. A little more research and I found an open campsite for the first week of June. It isn’t the cheapest place by a long shot but it was available.

In the near term, I have extended here in the Reno NV area for three more nights until Friday the 12th of May. Then I’ll make my way to Twin Falls for the 14th of the month. I also have the Memorial Day weekend booked in Arco Idaho near the Craters of the Moon National Monument.

Boomtown campground as seen from the casino.

After I got through stirring my jello travel plans, I did some shopping to replenish the refrigerator and cabinets. This evening I stopped at the Boomtown Casino up the hill from the campground. No money made and no money lost, but an hour or so of play and people watching.