From BC to Minnesota

Hopefully I can get this blog posted!!!! We have been having some technical difficulties.  Yes, we left on Friday and yes, late.  The first time we left it was 12:30 pm.  We got as far as Mt. Lehman and realized that we had forgotten the privacy cover for the front window of the RV, so back we went.  We left the second time at 2:30pm.  The Neufelds were gracious and waited supper for us.  We had such a wonderful visit with the Neufelds.  The teens entertained us with music - Ben played the fiddle, Matt played the guitar, Sarah played the piano and Zach played the accordian.  This was his first time playing an accordian and with a little practice, he caught on to it quite well.  The children swam in the rain, but didn't seem to mind.

On Sunday, we all (including the Neufelds) headed to historic O'Keefe Ranch near Vernon, BC.  That was so much fun and we didn't want to say good bye, but we parted ways around supper time.  We pulled into Osoyoos and had a lovely gourmet dinner of bbq'd hotdogs. :)

On Monday, we headed to Oroville and crossed the border into Washington.  We stopped at the Grand Coulee Dam and enjoyed the sights and some lunch.

We drove through Gracier National Park and stopped for some huckleberry pie and icecream in a little place called Hungry Horse, Montana.

Montana is a very windy place!  We camped in Cut Bank, Montana and the RV was rocking all night long!

Tonight we are in a KOA campground near Duluth, Minnesota.

I've discovered that it takes a long time for pics to upload on this blog, so most of our pics will be on facebook.

Well, gotta go the kids are back from the pool and I can't hear myself think anymore....my peace and quiet time is over....hopefully blog at you soon.

As you can see from the pic above, the children are counting down the days until we leave. This is the white board in the diningroom.  What....a white board in the diningroom???? Yep that's right...we homeschool...no Martha Stewart here! 

As the white board indicates, tomorrow is the big day.  We hope to be done everything and pulling out around 11am.  We told the Neufelds we would be at their house (in Salmon Arm) for supper.  Thankfully, the Neufelds have known us long enough to know to make supper late, as the James's are always late....we run on Dave time!

As the Neufelds only have dial-up service, I probably won't post anything new until we have gotten to the States...hopefully Sunday....but remember, we are always late! :)

Please pray for us for safe travels.  Take care and God bless.

The James Gang Rides Again!!!

Well, we are doing it again....that's right....the James Gang are heading out on another cross-country RV adventure!!!!  We are planning on going through the US for much of our trip this time for a change of scenery and to hopefully save some money in gas. We invite you to follow along with us.  We won't be doing as much sightseeing this time as our goal is to get to Nova Scotia as fast as possible to be able to look at as many properties as we can before we have to head back to BC.  That's right...we are thinking about buying a home and moving to Nova Scotia.  Stay tuned......the adventure starts Friday.