It was cold and windy today!  As you can see, it snowed at higher elevations next to the campsite.  That's probably 9 or 10 thousand feet up there.  35 degrees is forecast for tomorrow AM.  Now we'll be looking for warmer climates, lol.

I finally arrived to the place that I really didn't want to find myself.  Behind in my blogging and having a very difficult time organizing pictures and recalling events.  Rats!  No excuse for this!  This is my best attempt at playing catch up.  I'll finish up our visit to Pink House.  We left 2 days ago after staying 13 days.  It went faster than we wanted.  2 trips to Lewiston, 40 miles one way, were needed to retrieve needed UPS orders.  We are set!  :)  Here are a few pictures to wrap up our visit.

Blackberries again!  Yum :)

We even found a pair tree, although the pears were not ripe.

And what naturally follows a picture of a pear tree?  You guessed it!

PARTRIDGES!  Wendy gets a really big kick out of watching these guys scurrying around in a big group!  (I do too).  I'm convinced they would rather run around on the ground than fly.

It was just an overnight stop and was devoid of any real excitement.

This brings us to the journey to Joe T. Fallini Campground at MacKay Reservoir, Idaho.  I'll soon start taking pictures of this place but wanted to share a few of the trip here.  Of the 225 miles or so, most were along rivers and through mountains and very beautiful.  The skies are very smoky from California fires.

These are a couple of my favorites!!!

To be fair, Wendy insists I post this one before I become unrecognizable.

Now the rest of the pictures to finish out this post.  Be well and God bless!

Salmon season opened 2 days ago but we've yet to see anyone fishing.  They may not have made it down this far yet.  I was hoping to get some ideas for the next time we're here.  We will be leaving Tuesday for points south.  By then we will have been here for almost 2 weeks.  It will be hard to leave the beauty and peace of this place!  Aside from a spider biting my forehead we are safe and well.  I am posting random pictures of the time we've spent here.

There are a ton of blackberry bushes here so this is what we get to eat each morning!  Yum :)

The last time we were in Idaho we went to Me 'n Stan's Restaurant, where they had NO POTATOES.  In Idaho!  We googled and discovered they went out of business a couple of years ago.  Imagine that!  NO POTATOES.  IN IDAHO!!!  The first visit went famously bad so there will be no return visit, especially since they are out of business.  Here ends my rant.  We were last at Benewah County Fairgrounds in St. Maries, Idaho and are now at Pink House Recreation Site, still in Idaho.  It's BLM territory (Bureau of Land Management).  The fairground folks were preparing for an upcoming county fair so we only stayed a couple of days.  Here at Pink House we are next to the Clearwater River, famous for it's fishing and rich logging history.  It's on the Lewis and Clark Trail.

This was at the fairgrounds.

Just down the road, the local cemetery had this wonderful tribute to past, fallen veterans.

Now this is a little odd.  The picture was taken at a local supermarket next to the laundromat.  After running the truck through the car wash and while waiting for clothes to dry, we went shopping.  As I walked along the rear aisle, I could swear I was walking uphill.  Coming down the next isle, I felt I was going downhill.  Upon meeting Wendy at the end of the aisle I remarked, "I swear this floor has a slope."  She said that she noticed it too.  She then started laughing as she told me to look at the grocery shelves, thus the picture.  If you look close enough you can see that the red containers are leaning to one side.....gravity got them, lol.  At the back of the store there was at least a one foot drop, rear to front.  I didn't get a chance to ask why, they were very busy.

The waters are very fast and way too cold for a dip.  We had the heater on this morning and in 2 days it's supposed to reach 105!  Yikes!  I can foresee a trip to dip our toes in the near future :)

Be well, friends!

We're still at Sloway, until Monday.  Then off to Idaho.  Our experiences with solar power have shown us that we use more than we make, so a few lifestyle adjustments were necessary.  All is good for now, as long as it's sunny!  Here are a few more pictures, down by the riverside.

Did I mention I really like the Ponderosas?  :)

And now here's a really neat story!  Wednesday we were fiddling around with our solar set-up when we went through our normal 1 to 2 hours of total shade.  So we decided to do some grocery shopping and stop by another campground to check out their dump-station, not a particularly enviable task..... the checking of the dump-station, that is (we don't have 1 at our campground).  The campground was divided into 2 sections.  The dump-station and camp hosts were to the left, according to the sign, but I figured to first check out the other side.  We came upon a trailer with a riding lawn mower parked beside it and as we approached we saw a "camp host" sign and 2 people resting in lawn-chairs.  Now, the entrance didn't reveal there was a camp host to the right.  We got out of our truck and approached them.  The conversation went something like this.....after introductions, I mentioned that we just sold our house and are living in our travel trailer full-time.  I told them we were from South Carolina.  They giggled at each other and looked up and said "We are too!"  She said "Charleston!"  And we replied "Us too!"  I said "Actually we're from Awendaw, a little up the road from Charleston".  "Well, we're actually from Daniel Island."   I said "I go to see my doctor on Daniel Island, her name is Lucy Davis."  "THAT'S OUR DOCTOR TOO!"  they exclaimed.  Well, after settling a little from the shock I had to see how far this went!  I thought about the people I know who live on Daniel Island and could not think of anyone who lived there any longer than Bob and Kay U.  So I blurt out "Do you happen to know Bob and Kay U.?"  "KAY AND I BELONG TO THE SAME BOOK CLUB!"
So there you have it!  2 couples, 2500 miles from their home, on a Wednesday afternoon.  Any changes to anything throughout the day leading up to this, including me taking a right instead of a left, could still have put us in the same place, but at a different time.  Christina and Stan may not have been sitting outside in their lawn-chairs and I wouldn't have stopped.  I called Kay the next day and she enjoyed hearing the story.  Now, some people see this as a remarkable, highly unlikely, set of circumstances.  But you and I know better.  I just can't figure out the why part!

Yesterday we made it here and are happy we did.  We looked at several free campgrounds along the way and were VERY disappointed.  Too far off the beaten path and felt insecure.  Sloway is also next to railroad tracks... very close.  It will wake you up at 2 AM for sure!  But infrequent passings are not bothersome.  4 or so a day, and a couple at night.  We'll probably stay here at least a week.  $5 a day is a welcome treat.  Temperature extremes are unusual for us.  High 90's for daytime and 50's for nighttime.  As we are now using solar to regenerate our batteries, we are unable to use our air conditioner (we have no power here).   At least we have a water spigot across the road.  Believe it or not, 95 and low humidity is not bad in the shade.  And we actually have to crawl under the covers around 3 AM.  We are semi-off the grid!

We had a couple of residents greet us upon arrival.

Let's see how this shows on the timeline.  Now that I see it posts at the top, I'll finish the story.  Our next stop was River Edge RV Park and Steakhouse in Alberton, Montana.  A 2 night stay that was busy and enjoyable.  It was very close to the highway and train tracks, but was pretty quiet late at night.  We dined at their restaurant as there were no others within 30 miles.  They had live music by a superbly talented duo by the names of Louie Bond and Kimberlee Carlson.   We talked at length with Louie and enjoyed listening to him talk about his career.  I'll post several pictures of this stop.

I made the mistake of driving down another gravel road for many miles.  I then pleaded with the campground owner to let me wash our truck AGAIN!  I had no idea I would be spending so much time cleaning off road muck!  Montana is VERY dusty!

We went to several places to explore options now that we are "solar ready"...lol.  We took many photos and I cannot recall all of our stops, but I did take these pictures.  I'll be more careful in the future, in regards to my cataloguing duties!

I'll start by closing out our visit to Riverfront RV Park.  We said our good-byes to Sharon and "the guys".  It was her birthday, so we sang her "Happy Birthday" after we interrupted "the guys" during their every-morning staff meeting.

I couldn't remember this fellow's name we met the night before, but if I could just grow a beard like his.......... :)

Here is my feeble attempt, I think I need a couple more months!  In all fairness to me, I will tell you I misplaced my comb!

Our stay here was so enjoyable that we reserved all of July 2021, and hope we're able to make it back then!  One picture I wish I had taken was of a dear woman named Katie (probably misspelled).  She reminded me so much of my dear, departed, Great Aunt Icy Mae.  Her love for everyone is so heart warming.  She make the BEST biscotti!  And she supplied us with enough to last a long time!