May 26th 2017
We have been parked in Eric's yard for a week and a half now. We have been having a great time and watched Breanna get her diploma last weekend. She also had surgery this week on her knee d/t an injury she received playing tennis this spring. We were able to spend an evening in Billings with Braden when we traveled thru. We spent that night at the local Walmart on Kings av.. We were not the only ones to take up their free camping offer. There were more campers there than there were at the campground in Medora! The truck did just fine pulling thru the Livingston/Bozeman area but as I expected  Tom bought a new truck at the Denny Menholt ford dealership in Butte. Now we are the proud owners of a 2015 Ford 350. Nice enough salesman (Austin) but the crew that detailed the truck for the sale did a crap job. We should now never have to worry about any pulling/weight issues ever again. Grandson Dalton made it to state championships for shot put this weekend so we went to Butte to watch him, unfortunately he told us the wrong school that it was being held at so we were late getting to the meet and missed him throwing. He took 13th in the state. Pretty good for a sophomore. Grandson Wade has been keeping us entertained with his funny stories/wit and is just overall a great kid to be around. Heather and I have been doing a bit of bike riding and walking. It is so beautiful around here. I can see why they love it here. We will be heading to the Deadwood SD area on Monday for a few days, then back to Chippewa.

Tom and I with the grandkids

beautiful scenery on heather and I's 17 mile bike ride

My beautiful granddaughter Breanna

Braden and I

Dalton

Yep, there was snow between Livingston and Bozeman. IN MAY!!

May 15th 2017

Well, we are on the road again. We left Chippewa on Saturday, headed for Boulder MT. for granddaughter Breanna's high school graduation. Wow, where did those 18 years go. She beautiful young woman both inside and out. I am one very lucky grandma. We are pulling the 5th wheel and so far so good. I am a little concerned about the mountains from Billings to Boulder. Tom really wants to get a larger truck. We stayed the 1st night in Barnesville Mn. Stayed at the city campground Wagner Campground. Self registration and pick an open spot. Beautiful location. Grass sites that are LARGE. $22 a night. We drove thru ND on sunday and found a open campground (Red Trail Campground, smaller campground but in need of some general clean up and grounds keeping) in Medora ND with full hookups for $25 a night. We were going to stay in the Theodore Roosevelt NP for $7, but no hookups at all and generators are not allowed from 8pm to 8am. What the heck! How am I to survive without coffee a lot earlier than that? We are spending 2 nights here. We took in the TRNP today and saw a bunch of wildlife and had the park almost to ourselves. bonus! The scenery was beyond beautiful! So glad we took in another NP. Tomorrow, we plan on stopping in Billings and get together with grandson Braden who lives there while he is going to college. Then next day we will be at Erics for a week or so.

 Panoramic view from the top of Ridgeline nature trail.

my favorite! wild horses

BIG buffalo!

2nd highest point in TRNP Buck Hill 2860 ft.!

Bluffs everywhere

Yes, he walk if he wants too!

more scenery

more buffalo

view from Red Trail campground

view from our camper