The hottest summer ever!

Yes, It's hot here in Minnesota. The humidity and heat index has made it hotter than I remember. It's been a great summer for growing corn and pumpkins but most recently, my phlox. It's thriving in the garden, most vibrant at dusk, as Pat points out from our porch.

I continue to plan out our August vacation, one step at a time. We plan to drive the Rialta out west, first to Belgrade, then up north to Glacier National Park. Hoping to adjust to national park camping with an RV for the first time. I understand the philosophy of the nat'l parks primitiveness, but now that we are in our sixties, we've paid our dues with tent camping. We hope to learn about this RV style, plug-in, water hook-up, gray water, etc.
The Rialta is equipped with LP, battery and generator power sources. And thank God for the AC, which was recently recharged. 

First trip out to Montana over Mother's Day weekend.

The other mode of transportation was Josh and Caitlin's whitewater raft.

Our hope is to have clear skies, absent of wildfire smoke. Select campsites which will enable us to see much of the park and access some appropriate hiking trails. Several of our western vacations have had to be tolerant of wildfires/smoke over the past three years. last year at Mt. Baker, Nat'l Forest, we tent camped on the Nooksack river. We explored Artist Point, even at sunset. There were numerous wildfires to the east and north of us.There was limited visibility where ever we looked. The previous year, we tried to explore Northern Cascades Nat'l Park, but the Washington pass road was closed due to wildfires in eastern Washington State.