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West Yellowstone

Arco to West Yellowstone. Idaho to Montana. Rolling hills. An easy day. Healthy forests. No pine beetles here. Perfect weather. Seventy-five degrees. We’re not getting any of that Pacific Northwest heat wave.Got an end pull-through spot at Grizzly RV Park.

Winter ski trails outside the RV Park provide summertime walking trails.

Not very birdy so far. Our total Montana count today is 5 species.

Today’s crock-pot-torture while we were driving… beef stew.

Tomorrow… a float down the Madison. Fishing with Rick.

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Arco

  Bird list for Arco, Idaho (and a walk in Craters of the Moon National Monument).  Twenty-eight birds.  Different habitat.  Different birds:   Turkey vulture Northern harrier Swainson’s hawk American kestrel Rock pigeon Eurasian collared dove Mourning dove Common nighthawk Rufous hummingbird Northern flicker Dusky flycatcher Clark’s nutcracker Common raven Violet green swallow Rock wren Blue gray gnatcatcher Mountain bluebird American robin Sage thrasher European starling Spotted towhee Chipping sparrow Brewer’s sparrow Lazuli bunting Western meadowlark Brewer’s blackbird Cassin’s finch House sparrow    
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Arco, Idaho

Mountain View RV Park and Restaurant. Friendly people. Widely spaced grassy sites. Trees. Birds. Full hookups.

Free mini-golf. Free horseshoes.

Baby robins.


Goats.

Volcanic National Monument full of hiking trails nearby.

Onsite restaurant for dinner. Free pancakes and eggs breakfast for RV Park guests. What’s not to like? Mountain View RV Park and Restaurant in Arco, Idaho. This place is a treasure.

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Rough weather in Colorado

Living in the motorhome, we’re one level closer to what is going on around us. If it rains or the wind blows, we know it right away. Didn’t see this weather coming one night in Colorado. It was after dark when it hit. Here is a video, not for the picture, but for the sound. This is what the storm sounded like on our roof. Marble size hail.

Trees down. Branches stripped bare. Windows blown out. Flooding. 50,000 people without power. Our roof got pounded hard, but nothing got blown out.