From Bruneau Dunes we headed east to Picabo, Idaho to see the Craters of the Moon National Monument. After that, north to Ketchum to explore Sun Valley and Stanley. On our way out of Idaho we stopped in Twin Falls to stock up at Costco and see the Shoshone Falls.
Bruneau Dunes was a great stay. McCall was a few hour drive south from White Bird, Idaho. The road was very scenic, alongside a river, with lots of twists and turns. Surprisingly no cabinets opened or anything damaged during the drive.
From Trout Creek, Montana we headed west to Coeur d’Alene which is in the northern part of Idaho. We wanted to spend a week without too many distractions and just relax.
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We really enjoyed exploring British Columbia and Alberta, Canada the last couple of months. We are back in the USA at West Glacier, Montana. The border crossing was quick, easy and uneventful. The storage locker we rented worked out very well, despite the horror stories told to us by other RV’rs regarding theft. The storage locker we chose was gated, fenced and had 24 hour surveillance. After watching a couple seasons of NatGeo Border crossing nightmares, we not only left our guns and ammo in the USA, but also exceptional bottles of single malt whisky and medications in excess of our 6 week stay in Canada.
From Revelstoke we headed east to Golden, BC to be near Yoho National Park. The fires persisted and we could see the smoke from the burning trees on the surrounding mountainsides. Yoho, Banff, Kootenay and Jasper National Parks all border each other and only the highway through Kootenay was closed because of fires.
We left the vineyards and smoke filled air of Kelowna and traveled northeast to the smoke filled air of Revelstoke and Glacier National Parks in British Colombia. There were over 566 wildfires in British Colombia. A state of emergency was declared. Most of the fires were caused by lightning. Even though the fires took away from the rugged beauty of the Rocky Mountains and severely limited our activities, we still explored and enjoyed the hiking trails and waterfalls.
