Summer Summary

Our friends, Chuck and Lorraine, who still motorhome full time came to visit us and spend some time in the area. While they were here their daughter and granddaughter flew in to spend some time with them over the Fourth of July. I was negligent in not taking any pictures while they were in town. However, we did catch up with them again by Duluth, MN and drove up the North Shore of Lake Superior one day.
Some flowers were in bloom at the time.



The middle falls of Gooseberry Falls.



Sandy, Chuck and Lorraine at Gooseberry Falls.



Split Rock Lighthouse.



Cross River was flowing heavily when we were there.



On July 28th a group of us went to Canada to fish for 4 days. Joe, Glen, Russ, Bob (Harley), Greg and I. We took Greg’s and my boats and fished Lost Lake which is in the Lac Seul chain. This is in the Sioux Lookout, Ontario area.
Glen. Russ and Greg.



Bob (Harley) and Joe.



Russ, Glen and me (Dave).



Joe, Dave, Greg, Russ, Glen and Bob.



Shortly after getting back from the fishing trip, Joe, Dale, Jeff and I started out on a 13 day motorcycle trip out west. Our first day on the road was August 7th and we rode 718 miles from home to Miles City, Montana.

Joe, Dave, Dale and Jeff.



I won’t show many pictures here, so if you are a glutton for punishment click on the link below for more pictures.

https://picasaweb.google.com/dhassel999/2013MCTRIP2?authkey=Gv1sRgCLG5vIytmJnSIg#

8-8-13 Our second day took us from Miles City, MT to Gardiner, MT via US Hwy 212 going over the Beartooth Pass.

8-9-13 Day three took us from Gardiner, MT to Idaho Falls, ID. Along the way we stopped at Mammoth Springs, Old Faithfull and the West Thumb Geyser Basin while going through Yellowstone National Park. We also passed through Teton National Park.



Now, who says you can’t be fashionable while riding a motorcycle.



8-10-13 We left Idaho Falls on day four and ended up in Darby, Mt, about 50 miles south of Missoula, MT. This ride took us by Craters of the Moon National Monument, then through Sun Valley on our way to Darby.

8-11-13 From Darby on day five we drove north to Lolo, MT and picked up US 12 west to Kooskia, ID where we turned south and headed for Ontario, OR where we stopped for the night.

8-12-13 Day six took us from Ontario to Klamath Falls, OR by way of Denio Junction, NV just so we could say we had driven our motorcycles in Nevada.

8-13-13 From Klamath Falls, on day seven we rode to the Redwood NP in northern California. I was the only one who had been there before and everyone was quite impressed with the trees in Stouts Grove in Jedediah Smith State Park. From there we rode to the coast and headed north to Brookings, OR where we spent the night.



8-14-13 Day eight found us driving up to the coast to Brandon, OR where we headed east towards Crater Lake. After Crater Lake we rode north to Oakridge, OR.

8-15-13 From Oakridge on day nine we rode on some back roads to Hood River, WA. Along the way we passed on the east side of Mt. Hood. We continued on back roads past the east side of Mt. St. Helens on our way to Renton, WA where we spent the night.

8-16-13 Day ten was a little unusual in that we stopped at a motorcycle shop in Lynnwood, WA so Dale and Jeff could take a test ride on the new Indian motorcycle. After several tries to revive the brand by others, Polaris Industries bought the name a couple years ago and just released the new models at Sturgis in August. From there we went north to pick up WA Hwy 20, but our luck was not holding out as we found the road was closed because of mud slides. So we dropped down to US 2 only to stop and get gas where we chatted with some locals who said US 2 was a terrible road on a Friday afternoon, so again we dropped further south to I-90 and rode east to Sprague, WA.

8-17-13 Leaving Sprague on day eleven we headed through Glacier NP and stopped for the night at St. Mary on the east side of the park.



8-18-13 Day 12 found us on US 2 east to pick up I-94 in Glendive, MT and headed to Dickinson, ND for our last night on the road.

8-19-13 Our Last day, thirteen, had us driving I-94 back home. The total trip was about 5,600 miles, so you can tell we did not spend much time in any one spot. But then, we were on a motorcycle to get a glimpse of the great west outdoors.

A couple days after I got  back from the M/C trip we picked up our new 2013 Corvette Grand Sport.  We have previously owned a new 1977 and 1980 and a used 85 in 1988. Sandy says this is our last one.





We want to say congratulations to our friends and business partner Dale and Mary on their 40^th wedding anniversary. It was fun spending the day having lunch and then going on a riverboat ride on the Mississippi River.

On September 9th Sandy and I celebrated our 41^st wedding anniversary.
After getting the Corvette I had to make more room in the garage at home, so I bought a Stinger auto lift and set it up in the garage..









On September 24th we had planned to make a trip to Aberdeen so I could help Sandy’s Dad put a metal roof on the old chicken coop. Just as we were getting ready to leave, Sandy went down stairs and slipped. She was hanging onto the railing and fully extended her arm when she heard a snap. It turned out she has a hairline fracture in the upper part of her humerus, and some strained muscles. After 4 hours in the emergency room we were on our way. She has her arm in a sling and has to see the orthopedic surgeon on the 22nd to start her rehabilitation. Of course she is right handed and she broke the right arm, so I get to help out with the chores.

It looks as if we will not be going south for the winter. We have not received notice that our 2014 chassis for the motorhome is in yet, and it will take at least 4 months to build the unit. So even if we got notice tomorrow it would be the middle of March before we could pick it up. Guess I had better put gas in the snow blower.

I guess that’s all for now.

Dave and Sandy