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Photo Montage of Trip Heading West

I did promise photos of my trip last week heading back to Western Canada.  I don't intend to say much about them except what I put in the captions.  The trip started in Minnesota, through North Dakota, Montana, the Panhandle of Idaho to Washington.  I then drop south to Portland, Oregon for a short visit with Paul's son.  Finally the trip ended heading north to the Lower Mainland of British Columbia.

There were approximately 1,800 miles or about 2,900 km traveled.  The temperature as I left Minneapolis was a comfortable 72 degrees F/22 C.  As I moved into the plains the temperature shot to 94 degrees F or 34 C.  Finally as I crossed the Rockies the temperature dropped significantly to 65 degrees F/18 C.    Here are my photos in chronological order.


Last corn fields seen in Western Minnesota

Granaries in North Dakota

Rush hour in Western North Dakota 

Temperature at one point on day two between Bismarck ND and Bozeman, MT

Speed through ND, MT and ID

Watch for ice sign when it was 34 C/94 F

My windshield was hard on the bugs throughout the trip

Foothills in Montana

Beautiful farm site snuggled up to the Rockies in MT

Rain and fog as the Rockies were crossed

A glider near the Columbia River in WA

The end of the trip on the drive north to British Columbia

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