After enjoying our trip down through the Canadian Rockies we headed back in the USA crossing at US Route 95 into northern Idaho. The crossing itself was uneventful and it felt good to be back in the US, although we certainly had enjoyed every minute of our visit through Canada’s western provinces.
We stopped in a nice campground along US 95 near Sandpoint, ID and made plans to visit with Dick’s former college roommate, George Branson and his wife Becky in Moscow, ID. Moscow is home to the University of Idaho where Dick graduated in 1966. We have not seen George in many years and look forward to seeing them and the old campus and the Palouse Country of Eastern Washington and Idaho.
We found George and Becky at their home and place of business, the Hillcrest Motel, located right on Rt 95 toward the north end of Moscow’s main street. It was a wonderful warm greeting that we received and it only took a few minutes to park the RV in the lot behind the motel and for Dick and George to start gabbing about the old times and who each of them had been in contact with from the Lambda Chi Alpha gang of the early and mid 1960’s. It was great to see both George and Becky and to meet their two sons. We spent several days taking in the sights and sounds of Moscow and the U of I as well as a visit to Washington State University only about a dozen miles away in Pullman, Washington.
One afternoon we took a long drive down to the Nez Perce Idaho area and the town where George grew up in and Dick had shared a visit to his parent’s farm. What beautiful country the rolling hills are, with small towns nestled into some areas. 
