June 8th - 10th

Just a short update as tomorrow we are in Canada so will have to pay for internet service. We are using my phone as a modem so we only pay when we exceed our monthly data allotment. In Canada, I will have to pay for every byte of data used so…

We spent Sunday and Monday in Billings in a campground. Sunday was a very lazy day as it rained all day. Biker Arda didn’t get up until lunch but of course, she had her coffee, banana, and other snacks long before lunchtime. She actually did a week’s worth of laundry in the afternoon.

On Monday, we drove to Sheridan to buy a cowhide for a pair Armitas that WD would like. I was going to buy a pair ($200) but BA wanted to make them. So, $1500 later she is ready to start working on them… they will be a good buy for me! Actually, we spent too much time in the leather shop and Arda bought a barely used Ferdco Sewing Machine, which will sew heavy material and leather. She will also use this for the upholstery work she likes to do. As the machine weighs about 250 pounds and is large, we will pick it up in Sept on our way back to GR. Oh yeah, she has “orders” for 2 additional pairs of Armitas from a couple of my friends.

Tuesday we spent the day doing maintenance chores on the trailer as several items needed to attention due to the rockin’ and rollin’ on our great roads. It also rained most of the day.

Wed arrived with bright sunny skies although the temperatures where only in the high 40’s. As the day progressed, they got all the way up to 61… nice temp for WD that is. We left Billings and headed north. We had lunch at a roadside rest area where BA cooked – what a woman!   Back on the road to Shelby MT where we are camping in the city campground. They keep these very nice and the campsites are not so packed in that you feel like you are sitting on your neighbors lip.

Tomorrow it is off to Calgary where we will see my brother for a few days.

Animals we’ve seen to-date:

• Moose – young bull still with velvet on his antlers at Don & Gale’s in Schroeder MN.
• Cows
• Dogs
• Horses
• Cats
• Antelope – North of Sheridan and all the way to Shelby
• Sand-hill Cranes – in Belfry MT
• Pheasants – in Belfry MT
• Bison – on the way to Shelby

With any luck, we’ll see more in Alaska.

Take care until next time.