It was a nice visit in Cheyenne Wyoming, however I wish we had been warned about the infestation of the Miller Moths. Our second night there, without exaggeration we had no less than 50 moths flying inside our coach at night. Probably more like 100. It was very scary and Gary & I did not sleep a wink all night as they flew around in front of our faces.
Each year, typically in May and June, hordes of miller moths migrate west from fields in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska and Wyoming, making their way to the mountains of Colorado and surrounding areas. This year, large numbers of the bugs have also been spotted in parts of Oklahoma and Texas.
They’re brownish, grayish, not particularly attractive. They’re called miller moths, because when they flap their wings, they lose scales, producing dust that resembles flour on a miller’s clothing.
When you’re asleep there can be 70 to 100 moths in your room. They’re not harmful, although some people are allergic to their dust. The moths also secrete a brown fluid, which can leave stains on walls and carpets.
Gary vacuumed up what he could, but a week later and we are still finding around at least 10 or more a day.
Warning to everyone, Stay away from Wyoming and Montana in May & June.
From Cheyenne we drove to Peter D’s RV park in Sheriden, Wyoming for a couple of days. This is a very small park with a very old couple that own it and he drives around at least every 30 minutes in his old truck checking to make sure no one is doing anything wrong. That is what I call good security.
Here is Gary at the park in Sheriden hosing away some of the moths that were sleeping on the slides .
We did have a brief rain storm there which produced this beautiful rainbow.
Next stop was in Anaconda, Montana near Butte at the Copper Court RV Park. A nice park with paved lots and very pretty mountain views. We were supposed to stay a couple of nights but with a snowstorm predicted in a few days we decided to leave early so we did not get stuck in the storm driving thorough the mountains. The temperatures there were in the low 30s and the high 40s and when we first arrived winds were close to 40 mph. Needless to say, it was very cold.
A nice view of the Anaconda Smoke Stack from our lot at the park. The Anaconda Smelter Stack was built in 1918 as part of a massive copper smelting operation.
On our way to Idaho we made a fuel stop at the Exxon station in Missoula, Montana and what a pleasant surprise to bump into our friends Derek & Tracy and their dog Tweak in their motorcoach heading to Polson, Montana.
We made it to the Stoneridge Motorcoach resort and wouldn’t you know it, now we have some kind of woodpeckers pecking on the side of our coach, denting it and taking off the paint. The least they could do is eat the rest of the moths that remain. We are going to the hardware store to buy some owl decoys which hopefully will scare them away..
The actual bad culprits below. Looks like they are having an argument about who can make the most damage.
Stoneridge Motorcoach Resort is a Class A resort in Blanchard, Idaho with a golf course, gym, pool and 6 pickleball courts and much more. Tomorrow we will go to the pickleball courts to meet up with our friend Theresa who lives here in the summer months and is one of our neighbors at our resort in California in the winter. We will be staying here in this resort for 6 weeks.
As for our new home here in Idaho, we have given the previous owners up to 45 days before departing and it seems there are in no hurry to leave. Does it really take 45 days to pack up?
We hope to get our renovations done quickly after they depart (if they ever leave) so we can move in by August.
