Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, traveling from Grand Forks to Rugby, North Dakota we hit a horrible storm. After stopping for Bill and replenishing his supplies and some food in his belly, we continued on. We kept watching the sky and wasn't sure exactly how the storm was going. Up ahead of me it was getting really black. I was concerned about Bill knowing that he would never make it to the next stop before the storm hit. I turned around and went back to wait for him. As I was sitting there a funnel cloud came and actually started lifting the motorhome. I thought I was going to get turned over. I said to Cuddles, we are out of here and drove out of the funnel. While I was fighting my own battle, Bill got caught in a downpour that he had to get in the ditch and take cover. We both had different storms. It was very scary. As soon as I got out of that mess I hooked up with Bill and we stayed the night in a parking lot in Lakota, North Dakota.

Saturday, Sept. 13th, for several days we have not had phone service so I got behind in the website. We are in Montana and their are few and far between towers. Today we are in Cut Bank, Mt. which claims they are the coldest spot in the United States. Luckily we are having a beautiful day here with the sun out and about 70 degrees. It stormed last night and the wind was rocking the motorhome. Montana is rolling hills and lots of brown. Their main source here is barley, wheat, and hay. It has been very busy around here because the farmers are trying to get their harvest in. Last Monday, we were in Glasgow, Mt and we found a restaurant and bar to have something to eat and drink and watch the Monday night football. My Broncos came through by the way. Several men came their to have dinner and you could tell that they had a hard day of work. Farming and ranches is a very hard job to have. You are on a deadline to get the harvesting done and if the weather doesn't cooperate you could lose your crop. Talked to a couple of people who do the cutting and if it rains they have to wait until it dries out before they can cut. We take for granite sometimes when we go to the grocery store, but every time you do, thank your farmers and ranchers for supplying your food.

Monday, Sept. 15th, we spent the day touring Glacier National Park. We stayed in an RV Park called Glacier Meadows at the east entrance to the park. Talking to a couple that was staying there too, they informed us that they were closing some of the Road To The Sun for construction. The Road To The Sun will take you from east to west or west to east through the park which is about 50 miles. What they did was close the middle part of the road so we were able to start in the east and go 21 miles and then go around and enter on the west for about 21 miles. We did get to see some glaciers. There are water falls along the way but you had to hike in to get to them. The leaves are changing and there was an array of reds, rust, golden and yellow. Traveling through the Rockies you go up and down and on some of the downs you get introduced to a beautiful lake that is so smooth it looks like glass. They have an audio tour which is what we did. It is worth the trip, so if you ever get to the Rockies take time to visit.

Saturday, Sept. 20th, we are in Washington just north of Spokane at Mead, Washington. Tomorrow we will work our way through Spokane and continue on hwy 2 west to Davenport, Washington. We got through Idaho in a couple of days. Didn't see any road side markets where I was hoping to get Idaho potatoes fresh from the farm. I had to settle for Walmart instead.  They are predicting rain tomorrow so it is going to be a wet day. This last week has been really nice with highs in the upper 70's and sun.

Friday, Sept. 26th, toured Seattle for the day. Did the Underground Tour which is Seattle's most unusual attraction, a tour guide takes you through intriguing subterranean storefronts and sidewalks entombed when the city rebuilt on top of itself after the Great Fire of 1889. It was a 90 minute walking tour which begins above ground in Doc Maynard's Public House, a restored 1890s saloon straight out of a Western movie, then spills into historic Pioneer Square, Seattle's birthplace before plunging underground for a time-capsule view of the buried city.  The tour takes place in the heart of the city's oldest neighborhood, Pioneer Square. You have heard the term "Skid Row" originally "Skid Road" was coined to describe Pioneer Square, where huge logs tossed at Henry Yesler's lumber yard skidded downhill and came to rest on the waterfront, ready to be shipped around the nation and the world. After the tour Bill and I took a tram to the Space Needle, it was a clear and sunny day and we got a panoramic view of Seattle. It was a good day.

Monday, Sept. 29th we spent the day hiking through the Olympic National Park Rain Forest. It was very interesting, and it is hard to believe that get over 200 inches of rain a year. The day we were there it was sunny and warm. The pictures are of Bill burying the third plaque and the rain forest.