A balloon tribute to Cousin Jay - several more were released and could be seen for miles!

 Oct. 17, 1967 ~ Oct. 18, 2013

Cousin Jay's Memorial

Butte and Our Drive South

October 25 – 31...We arrived at the Butte KOA around 230p on the 24^th. We got set up and then went to Jim and Shelly’s for the evening. On the 25^th Mike stayed at the motorhome and I went to Shelly's where I spent the day. Denita and Family and Doug, Fran and Dad arrived around 5p. Danny flew to Idaho Falls and then drove from there arriving around 8p. On the 26^th we attended Jay's funeral where there were over 500 in attendance. It was a beautiful service and tribute to Jay! After the funeral there was a lunch at 'The Depot'. We stayed there until 530p and then spent the evening at Shelly's. We had a nice time visiting with family and friends...it was just very sad but we reminisced and heard many wonderful stories about Jay.

On Sunday the 27^th we left at 815am in 20 something degree weather (just in time as it snowed later in the day). We drove for 465 miles to Springville, Ut where we stayed overnight at the Walmart. Monday's drive was only 295 miles but it was all in high winds. It made for a very long day. We overnighted at the Casablanca Casino...a good place as the traffic noise wasn't bad. The downside of the day, in addition to the wind was trying to get fuel at the Smith's station. We had to unhook and when exiting the RV I somehow dropped my phone (2 months old) on the pavement....well of course it didn't fair well – the screen shattered in the corner and has a diagonal crack covering it. It does still operate however! All that and we weren't even able to get fuel there as it was too crowded and impossible to get at the pump.

We fueled up the next morning (Tue) next to the casino and hit the road just before 10am. We stopped at Camping World in Henderson where we met up with Bill & Gloria. We visited with them awhile before heading down the road to our destination of Bullhead City, AZ. Today's trip was only 180 miles. We arrived at Ridgeview RV park around 3pm.