Welcome to the travelogue of our RV trip for the fall of 2022.
Primary Destination: Glacier National Park.

It was a 5-week trip through Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Montana, Washington, Oregon and the High Sierras in California.

This was our fifth long trip in our 'coach,' a 30-foot Class A motorhome (an FR3 30DS by Forest River). As on previous long trips, Ann kept a journal during the trip, and has adapted it to the content you’ll find here.

We’ve selected 175 of our photos for sharing. We’ve broken it down into four albums/sections of 40-50 photos each. Each section contains photos from part of the trip, along with passages from the journal.

This is Part 1, covering the trip prior to arriving at Glacier National Park in Montana. This first week was just about getting to Glacier quickly, and was a series of one-night stops, with the exception of Provo, UT where there was a nice bike path to ride, weather permitting.

We left home on Sep. 6th. Our first stop for the night was the Bartstow/Calico KOA Campground, and with the high temp today of 109 degrees, Glacier was sounding really good! We stayed inside trying to stay cool with our under-powered A/C unit. We had some shade at our site (Chris did his usual research for the best spot), and we kept the Living Room slide-out mostly in, to reduce the volume of space inside to be cooled.
There are a few touristy things to do nearby (such as the Calico ghost town), but it’s always too hot when we come through here, so it’s just a stop to break up the drive to Las Vegas.

The next morning Cooper was ready to ride, perched atop the living room slide-out.

We enjoyed watching the cloud shadows move across the hills.

We thought of stopping to get a closer look at the "Seven Magic Mountains" sculpture located off I-15, but it was just too darn hot (110 degrees).

The next night we camped at Las Vegas Motorcoach Resort. This a lovely resort and we always stay here when heading up I-15. We had a nice back-in site here (also reserved in advance). Chris was rather put off by the ‘false advertising’ for this particular site. The photos on the web site showed all the improvements to the site (outdoor kitchen, living room, dining area, fireplace, etc), yet almost everything was locked up or without power. We did have full hook-ups, but not access to the improvements (made by the owners) that appeared on the web site.

One of the pools was right across from our site, so we decided to take a soak. We got in and out several times, lying on chaise lounges in the shade—with a nice breeze—in between dips. Back in the coach we poured something cold to drink and sat down to finish a jigsaw puzzle from our dear friend Suzie. We stayed in our damp swimsuits the rest of the evening, and with our A/C doing its best, were quite comfortable.

We thought we might get some rain from that impressive thunderhead cloud, but no such luck.

Traveling from Nevada to Utah, I-15 passes through a little corner of Arizona that contains the Virgin River Gorge.

It's a scenic and interesting 20-mile drive through the Gorge.

The Virgin River didn't have much water in it after a long hot summer of drought.

There are several painted bison sculptures scattered around St George, UT that are sure to bring a smile.

The overpasses in St George were also attractive (as overpasses go, anyway).