Our first camping trip in June

When we had our first camping ADVENTURE of the year in June, I sent e-mails out because I had just started this blog and hadn't taken the time to learn all about it. Now I will try to re-create our original e-mails and even add a few more photos. Hopefully we will get better at this as time goes on.




Dear Family and Friends,

The spring up here in North Dakota is getting off to a slow start and thus our camping adventures this year too. The weather doesn't seem to warm up very fast so we are a little behind on our adventures. We had planned on taking the RV to Nebraska for our church's annual Synod meeting this past May but the weather AND THE FUEL PRICES put a damper on that trip. So I traveled there by myself in the Jeep with the hopes that we would be on the road soon after. We did pull the trailer to Minot in the begining of May to have the roof vents repaired and we stayed in a local campground for one night so we could also get in a little shopping as well.

Now that the weather is warming up a bit, although we are starting to get our spring rains now, we decided to take a little trip last week. We have pretty much decided that we will be staying local this year instead of any long distance traveling. I have a cousin in Mohall, ND and we have never been up there to visit them. (By the way, they have never been down to see us either--hint!) We only live about 100 miles apart so does it make sense that we haven't seen each other for years? I don't think so either. It was fun to visit with Don and his wife Ruby and get caught up on some family history and re-aquaint ourselves. Don's mother and my mother were sisters. Thank you Don and Ruby for all your hospitality and showing us around the area.

Mohall is a town of about 800 and they recently built a new campground at the fairgrounds, so the newly planted trees have a ways to grow yet. Karen and I really enjoy staying at "city park" campgrounds in the small towns of North Dakota. Usually the fees for full hook-ups is around $10 per night and we get to see a lot of the local flavour.

Ruby works part time at a local greenhouse (this is NOT just a typical greenhouse!), so they took us there and gave us a wonderful tour. The owner offers soup and sandwiches during the noon hours and also has a nice gift shop. We arrived too late for "lunch" but we are tempted to make another trip there just for the food and lots of browsing sometime.

So stay tuned............

Love, Keith and Karen