June 6

What a beautiful day for a ride, so off we left for a few days and started our trip off with a visit with Mary in Olds before heading to Peter & Nellies in Cochrane for the night.  Had a very nice visit at their new home.  Quite a change from the log house in Edson.

June 7

Next morning after breakfast we headed for the Banff/Jasper highway.  After fuel in Canmore we headed west to the Radium Highway and headed for Cranbrook, BC.  About 10 miles out of Radium we came across a momma grizzly bear and her two cubs.  They looked to be last years cubs.  While we were having a subway sandwich in Radium there were lots of sheep around, at least 20-30 of them. Got to Pat & Dotty's in time for a short visit before Pat & Gerry took off for the golf course lounge at it was boys nite out.  Dotty & I joined the guys later for supper with our friends.

Dotty's beautiful front flower garden

June 8

We headed west then south and crossed into the USA at Kingsgate, BC.
Got to Rally site in Sandpoint, ID and got set up.  Lots of people there already.  Had good visits with our friends. There was a pot luck dinner that night so we went to the store and got potato salad, etc for our contribution to the pot luck.  Awesome supper.

June 8

We woke up to rain and it rained on & off all day and there was a cold wind that came with the rain. Yuck!  Had cold day sitting/standing round a picnic shelter.  For the banquet was able to get inside one of the buildings which was so much warmer & better for us all.  About 88 of us all together.

 

Susan & David from Seattle trying to keep dry

Banquet Saturday night

Anne & Ducky saying there goodbyes

June 9

Gerry & I were up at 5:45 so we broke camp and was on the road by 6Am.  We stopped at 3-Mile for breakfast & fuel before heading for the border. It was cold out.
Once we got thru the border we ran into rain just west of the Fernie tunnel and had rain all the way to almost Sparwood.  Finally dry payment.  Got fuel in Blairmore then headed north on highway 22.  Wind & more wind.  Stopped in Cochrane for fuel then headed north some more.  Got north of Cremona then more rain and this time is rained all the way home.  We stopped in Lacombe at Tim Hortons for  hot bowl of chilli & a hot chocolate before heading the last 12 miles to home.
What miserable time with the horrible weather.

June 10

We were vegetables all day.  Went from the bed to the couch and back again. LOL