Spokane to Missoula

Thursday, August 10, 2017

Thursday was planned to be a shorter travel day that would end at Missoula, MT. Our friends Fred and Jackie Claussen have lived in Missoula for many years and we were looking forward to getting to see them.
On the way across ID, we stopped at Wallace Idaho which is a very historic mining, railroad town that has been in existence since the 1884The smoke from Forest fires was very thick and we felt like we were experiencing a large camp fire.

As we were approaching Missoula, the smoke was even thicker and at one point we were driving through a fire area. In Missoula, Fred told us that there are three fires burning in the mountains around them. None are close enough to be a threat at this time.

Had a wonderful dinner and talk at a Brew-Pub up in the hills with Fred and Jackie.

Friday August 11th will prove to be a long drive of 12 hours as we are going to make the trip to Rapid City, 660 miles. The next Blog will be after our day in the Black Hills.

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Upcoming Trip To Ireland

As most of you know, Dona, Ann (Dona's sister) and I will be traveling to Ireland from February 16th to February 27th. We will be staying in one location for our entire trip and taking day trips out from our "home" base. We are staying in a self catering cottage called the Rambling House, which is over 200 years old. It is located at Kilmalkedar which is 5 miles from Dingle Town, Co. Kerry. See the links next to this posting. The weather should be okay; temps in the 50's, but with the promise of rain and mist. However, the number of tourists will be way down this time of year. We plan to spend a lot of time exploring castles, monastic sites, old forts, etc. Also on the agenda are considerable nights in the local pubs listening to traditional Irish music. Dingle is one of the great centers for this. Of course, Ron will be spending many hours every day taking pictures, which we will share with everyone. We have access to an internet cafe in Dingle, so we are planning on

Tenative Itinerary While in Ireland

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A Funny Story From Dingle

I wanted to pass along the following story from Dingle. Click on the following Link http://www.davethefox.com/lost/lucy.htm I can just imagine us getting into a similar situation. At least we will be prepared to better function in this situation than the writer of the story. Why will we be better prepared you ask? Because Dona is taking her flute with her, and we all know that "music sooths the savage beast"! Your next question may be; Why is Dona taking her flute to Ireland? She says that it has been her dream to be able to sit outside of an Irish cottage with the sheep grazing nearby and play Irish folk tunes on her flute. Pictures to follow once we get to our cottage.

Thru Ron's Digital Lens

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