Winter is Over

This week marked the end of our winter journey as we once again did the marathon trip home.  As always we tried to find a three day window where there was clear weather from south to north in order to have an enjoyable trip home.

Since we thought we found that window, we only spent one night at Virgin River Campground instead of the several that we do prefer as the campground has a beautiful setting as well as relatively quiet.  After leaving the campground we spent a night in Idaho Falls, one in Medicine Hat, and then we were home.  Along the way there were a number of interesting things.

I find that in many cities in the southwest tend to make concrete overpasses and noise dampeners rather decorative and interesting.  Below is a sample of some as we drove the freeway through Las Vegas.

Then there were the signs all along the freeway through Utah.

Or in the centre of the round-a-bout in Idaho Falls

And finally the beautiful snow at Monida Pass

However, the entire trip saw clear roads, no wind, cool temperatures - perfect driving.

As the week came to the end, I went up to Saskatoon to watch a couple of grandkids in provincial sports.  The trip up was at the start of a nasty blizzard but fortunately, the roads were fairly decent most of the way which wasn't the case for many folks that had to come up later in the day.  Fortunately the blizzard was over for the trip back so the roads were great.

The competition was very successful for the two kids - the granddaughter got second in provincial cheerleading, and the grandson got first in wrestling.

This will be the end of my blog for the time being - likely until mid-June.  At that time we are planning on heading north so I will continue with a tale of our travels.

Until then, thanks for joining in our winter travels and hopefully you will join us again in a couple of months.