This morning we broke camp in Crawford Bay, British Columbia, loaded the motor home (towing the Tracker) onto the ferry, and made our way through Nelson and Salmo, across the border into the U.S., and then south through Metaline, Usk, Cusack, Newport, and into a campground on the outskirts of Post Falls, Idaho.

As we drove south the scenery changed and became much more like what we have around us normally in Idaho and consequently, less interesting. We bypassed the planned campground and a couple of others as they were just too rural. There was also no cell phone service and no internet service. That was just too isolated. So Nina went through the campground directory and found this reasonably nice campground in Post Falls, Idaho. We’ll be here tonight and tomorrow night and will start back home on Friday morning, the Fourth of July.

The border crossing back into the US was quite different than last Friday when we left the US and entered Canada. Going into Canada, the agent asked us where we were going and how long we were going to be there. He wanted to know if we had anything we planned to leave behind in Canada. After writing down the license plate number and entering it into his computer, we proceeded into the country.

Coming back home, however, was significantly more complicated. In addition to a series of questions, the agent went through the motor home and the tracker, had me open all the compartments so he could check them out, spent quite a while on the computer entering information, and then sent us on our way. We were there about twenty minutes. This must be Department of Homeland Security at work.

We’re glad to be in the land of $4 a gallon gasoline prices, though. It’s also nice to be in an area where we can quickly get to a store if we need something. That was never the case where we were staying in Canada! The local store closed at 6 p.m. in the evening.

We’re having a grand time and Nina’s now making a list of the things we need to make sure come with us on our next adventure. We’re also talking about where we want to go next and how soon we can make the trip. This has been a lot of fun!