We’ve attended a few gatherings of the Montana Owners Club (MOC) rallies in the past, one in Dolores, CO in 2022, the 2023 gathering in Heber City, UT and the last in 2025 in Hermosa, SD. This year we’ll attend two rallies, the Rocky Mountain Regional in Colorado Springs, CO and the Western Regional in Arlington, WA. These rallies are great ways to catch-up with RVing friends, meet new, learn about our RV’s and explore the local areas. On June 2nd, we packed up and headed north for a 2-month trip through Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming.
Rally Trip Map
The Rocky Mountain Rally is being held at Garden of the Gods RV Resort near Old Colorado City and Manitou Springs. Located just south of Garden of the Gods, the park offers convenience to a lot of activities in the area. Our group activities included a trip to the top of Pikes Peak, dinner & show at the Iron Springs Chateau Theatre, “Yo Ho Ho and a Barrel of Fun” melodrama, and a chuckwagon dinner and western music show at the Flying W Ranch.
Flying W Wrangers
From Colorado Springs we spent 2 nights in Montrose visiting friends. We stayed at Riverbend RV Park – a nice, fairly quiet park on the banks of the Uncompahgre River. In Ouray we enjoyed the comfortable patio, cocktails, and lunch at Mi Mexico restaurant. For dinner we returned to a favorite, Colorado Boy Pizzeria and Brewery, for delicious pizza and a few cold brews. After Montrose we’re headed to Helper, UT at Castle Gate RV Park. This park is nice and inherits unique characteristics from the town of Helper which is named for the railroad engines that would be added to “help” trains up the steep, 15-mile grade through Price Canyon. Most of the town is between highway 191 and the busy railroad yard where you hear (and feel) the operations of the rails here.
Riverbend RV Park, Montrose, CO
Helper Balanced Rock, Helper, UT
Our next stop is in Brigham City, UT at the Golden Spike RV Park, where we did indeed visit the Golden Spike National Historic Park. This is the location where the first transcontinental railroad connected the Central Pacific Railroad that built eastward from Sacramento and the Union Pacific that built westward from Omaha, NE. Located at Promontory Summit, Utah, the park provides a great interpretive center and operating replicas of the original engines that celebrated this milestone.
Jupiter & No. 119, Promontory Summit, Utah
Golden Spike Champagne Celebration , Promontory Summit, Utah
Following our day at Golden Spike, we made a fairly quick transit of Idaho and Oregon staying at Abundant Life RV Park in Caldwell, ID; Boardman Marina Park in Boardman, OR; and Reeder Beach Resort in Portland, OR. The drive along the Columbia River was spectacular, and we want to return to this area.
Boardman Marina RV Park
Boardman Marina RV Park, Columbia River
On June 21st after transiting Tacoma and Seattle, we arrived at Angel of the Winds RV Resort in Arlington, WA. This is a beautiful resort – associated with the Angel of the Winds Casino, the 180 cement pads are spaciously laid out between manicured landscaping. Amenities include several picnic pavilions, a miniature golf course, a beautiful clubhouse, indoor pool and a covered firepit area. With the proximity to I-5, the resort experiences some road noise, but the amenities well outweigh this nuisance. Our week with other Montana Owners included several vendor presentations, a Whale Watching trip, and a tour of nearby Boeing Everitt factory, home of the 777. We also visited a self-pick berry farm and took a Washington State Ferry to the beautiful town of Friday Harbor. It was a busy, fun-packed week!
Boeing Factory Tour, Everett, WA
Friday Harbor, WA
After Arlington, we’re headed to Sequim, WA on the Olympic Peninsula. More from Sequim…
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