You can have your cake and eat it too  Thought some of you might be interested in this unusual 5th wheel tow vehicle. The owner said he devised this purpously so they could have a car once they are in camp.

Friends Besides all of the wonderful scenery we saw while in Canada a highlight was being with our friends the Stewarts and Mencimers. We got together every evening for a few hours. One special evening we celebrated  Dick and Carols 19th anniversary with a lovely dinner prepared by Gary & Maryellen and followed by desserts at the elegant Lake Louise Hotel. We finally got a group picture when we met up at the glacier and asked another tourist to snap it.

1)Gary pouring champagne  2)Carol & Dick Stewart  3)Maryellen, Gary, Dick, Carol, Ron & Barb

We are Grandparents again  Ron's youngest daughter, Susie, and her husband Ross had another little girl June 30th. They have named her Cassidy. We hear that sister Taylor is a big help and everyone is fine.

 A little piece of heaven I like to put little sticky notes on pages in my atlas when people give me good hints. Here's one for you. Look on your Idaho map and find route 93 where it comes south from Missoula and north of Idaho Falls. Between mile marker 161 and 162 (14 miles north of Challis) is a wonderful BLM campground right on the Salmon River. The sites are long, level, asphalt and there are shade trees. There are no hookups but we just finished three wonderful days there and wow are we  relaxed. We each read two books because we didn't bother with TV or computers not wanting to run the generator and ruin the peace and quiet. We cooked outside on our Coleman stove. I even made our coffee out there in my old Mirro aluminum coffee pot. For us senior citizens the charge for camping was only $3 per night. What a bargain. This is a brand new (May 98) campground and not in any campground directory. We just happened upon it which is a good reason for not making reservations.