Year Four - Day One Hundred and Seventeen

Sam’s View

Today we drove to Thermopolis, WY. The camp has the third largest hot mineral pool in the world! It feels nice.

Summer’s View

After leaving the KOA, we only had to drive about 200 miles to reach Thermopolis, WY. We are spending two nights here to enjoy the world’s third largest hot springs mineral pool! Ahhh!

Year Four - Day One Hundred and Sixteen

Sam’s View

Today we drove to Billings, MT. At the campground I met some kids at the playground and played for over an hour.

Summer’s View

We left the rest area this morning and drove to Billings, MT where we spent the night at the KOA there – again! This time we had a bigger site, so it was a little nicer stay. Sam met some kids on the playground and played well after dark!

Year Four - Day One Hundred and Fifteen

Sam’s View

Today we drove about 40 miles past Missoula, MT and slept at a rest stop.

Summer’s View

We drove east from Fall City, WA and made it into MT. We were going to stop for the night at a KOA in Missoula, MT but they were full by the time we got there, so we went about 40 miles further down the road and spent the night at a rest stop.

Year Four - Day One Hundred and Fourteen

Sam’s View

Today I fed the goats some carrots, and they liked them. After we left the campground, we put the rv in another shop, and went to McDonald’s, Michael’s Arts and Crafts Store so I can build atom models, and we went to Barnes and Nobles and got books. After that we took the rv to Fall City, WA.

Summer’s View

After Sam went to give the goats some carrots and bid goodbye to the farm animals, we dropped off the RV at the glass shop for the windshield replacement around 10:00 am. After our daily McDonald’s visit, we went to a Michael’s craft store for some school supplies for Sam – he is excited about building atoms and molecules in 3D. J

We then went to a Barnes and Nobles bookstore to get some school material for Sam – yay books! J

After a fancy early dinner at Taco Bell, we picked up the RV and headed to a campground just east of Seattle in a little town called Fall City. We are on the road headed east tomorrow, so we wanted to be out of the rush hour traffic zone in the morning.

Year Four - Day One Hundred and Thirteen

Sam’s View

Today we went to Priest Point Park. We walked on the beach and climbed hills! It was fun!

 

Summer’s View

Today we took the RV back to drop it off at the garage at noon so they can repair it. After some quality time at a McDonald’s (yawn) we went to a local park named Priest Point Park to stretch our legs and kill some time. We walked around some of their trails through some beautiful old growth forests and along the bay. It was a nice place, and Buster loved it, too!

After a shopping trip to Walmart, we went back to the garage around 4:30, but the RV was still not ready so we waited in their lounge area until we could take it to the campground. We finally made it back to the campground around 8:30 pm.

 

 

Year Four - Day One Hundred and Twelve

Sam’s View

Today we did a 3 mile corn maze. We found all 18 clues in about 2.5 hours! Yay! Buster saw chickens and barked for about half the maze.

 

Summer’s View

After a night at the KOA, where I FINALLY had a chance to do some laundry, we took the RV back to the garage to drop it off at 10:00 am. We spent some time at McDonald’s and then went to a corn maze just up the street. It was pretty cool, with two “treasure” hunts so we spent a couple of hours walking around, and Buster got dirty and thirsty in the dust, LOL!

When we went back to the garage, the RV needed another part that was super expensive (is there any other kind?) and they can’t get it until Wednesday, so we took the RV to a campground down the street near the corn maze to spend the next couple of nights. This campground is really nice, and our site is in a big open field bordered with huge trees, with some goats, ducks, and chickens behind us to keep Sam busy and drive Buster crazy. J

Sam and Daddy did some metal detecting for a while – relax time.

 

Year Four - Day One Hundred and Eleven

Sam’s View

Today we put the rv into a shop.

Summer’s View

We were supposed to drive to Kent, WA (just outside of Seattle) to spend the night at the KOA so we can get our windshield replaced tomorrow, but the stop engine light keeps coming on, so we are taking the RV to a garage in Olympia. All of the gauges are reading good temps, so we think it is just a bad sensor or something, but we have to get it checked.

After stopping at the garage, they told us they can’t look at it until tomorrow, so we had to find a place to stay the night. After calling all of the RV campgrounds in the area and only getting one to answer the phone (no vacancy) we decided to drive up to stay at the KOA in Kent after all. 58 miles each way – bummer.