Cottonwood Campground–weeks 4 & 5

It took until our last weekend there for it to finally slow down that the campground wasn’t full any more. We had 2 inches of rain the weekend of the Astronomy Festival, and more throughout the week. We had a few days of high temps in the 50’s with rain, and there were some no-shows and people that left early.

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The trees have been really changing colors; we can practically see the difference from one day to the next. By the time we left, some were past their peak and had lost their leaves already.

         
           
  


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Happy 93rd birthday Dad!

My dad is in a retirement home in Dickinson and he had a birthday party there to celebrate his 93rd birthday. They served ice cream and Scotcheroos (his favorite bars). He called some friends and family and residents from the retirement home were invited too.

     

Happy birthday Dad! 

Cottonwood Campground weeks 2 & 3

We had another camp host start right before Labor Day weekend, his wife came this week. With two hosts we’re doing 5 days on, 5 days off; before we were at 5 days on, 2 days off. The Medora Musical ended on the 9th and the majority of the stores close also. The campground has still gets close to full with maybe a few tent sites left.

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Last weekend there was supposed to be hot air balloons flying in Medora, but it was too windy for them to fly. This weekend is an Astronomy Festival with speakers at the amphitheater and then telescope viewing at Pleasant Valley Ranch. Well, we’ve got 100% chance of rain Friday, and 90% Saturday. We’ve been in the upper 80’s and 90’s most of this month. How’s this for a temperature change?!

 

The trees are changing color fast; you can see the difference from one day to the next. There’s been a few days of haze and smoke from the fires in Canada and Montana.
  

We’ve been enjoying the bison, horses and turkeys walking through the campground and in front of our coach. People get so excited to see them. One of the rangers had to tell a guy to get further away from a bison he was taking pictures of.