After a great summer of bucket list fulfillment ie attending 8 races, time to go home
Our last US sunrise for awhile
This little guy came to see us off and wish us safe travels
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Sweet Grass, MT 927a 
Coutts, AB
Our turn 930a
Through customs 932a 
This was the easiest border crossing, even easier than when we crossed during the height of Covid. All the guard asked is how long we’ve been gone, how much liquor we have or any drugs. No questions about meat, vegetables, fruit, (made sure we didn’t have any) a dog, how many people in the vehicle. None of the regular stuff.
The border guard did point out that “you’re going the wrong way, you should be heading South!” The US border guard when we crossed into the States in May, pointed out the same thing.
We breeze through, North to South side was very backed up and will get worse as more head South for the Winter.
Alberta sign 934a 
Bailey has a new Winter storage home, the last one was so muddy and we didn’t have a reserved spot. This base is gravel and we have a designated spot. We’re hoping for the best outdoor storage experience yet.
Want to start a business? Indoor RV storage is the one to have, there are very few and those in the area are booked with waiting lists. We even tried Great Falls MT, same all booked. Indoor charge $300+ a month, {which we’d pay to have Bailey all warm and cozy); we’re paing $360/year.
We unload stuff from Bailey can’t winter in her, we did open a slide to make it easier. There is more to go but Bob is full 
Summary of our trip
May 14th: Start Mileage 86,545km/53,777m
October 10th: End Mileage 97,535km/60,605m
Total km/miles driven 10,990km/ 6,828m
35 Stops!!
Our itinerary, click the photo to enlarge
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The before and after map of the States we’ve been to in Bailey
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Take aways:
- We were gone 5 month with no power failure at home
- It’s easier to go away in the Winter, yard wise. Although we did have someone cutting the lawn we didn’t have a weeder. Hired one of those quickly!
- Not one State we travelled through required reuseable bags. I now have enough plastic bags to perhaps, last a lifetime
- Illinois was our least favourite state. It has Chicago, the worst most construction highways ever even using the by-pass
- Wisconsin was our favourite state
Looking forward already to our next adventure