Love's Victorian Bed and Breakfast Deer Park

My friend Diane just reminded me that I hadn't finished the story with the jade earrings. Here is a photo of the finished product. I love them. The jade is actually a very pale green color (all jade starts out white and is affected by other minerals as to the colors). The settings are silver and I am very happy with them indeed.

Here I am trying to pack for yet another trip. Everything out ready to put 1/2 back....then another 1/2 back in a day or so. The good news is that we have really no restrictions on weight (other than the standard 2-bags at 50lbs each) and neither Southwest nor Mexicana is charging for baggage. No way I'll need that baggage limitation but I still worry about having to carry the stuff around!
Spokane, Washington, United States nomadgal

Finally got the truck back, all fixed and running beautifully. Decided to get on the road, though it was already 2 pm. Headed south along Flathead Lake through green forests and valleys to I-90, then west, west, west. All uphill, what a climb, to Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, then downhill into Washington State. Spent almost two hours trying to find Riverside State Park in the city of Spokane, finally set up the camper and tried to settle down for the night.

dä 'Glaci** Nationalpark', scho dä feuft park wo mir bsuecht händ. Im unt**schied zu dä and**e, isch dä ab** fascht nöd mit strasse **schlosse, was us min**e sicht zwei grossi vorteil hät. D'natur bliebt unb**ü**t** und äs hät spürbar we***** bsuech**. Diä einzig strass wo dur dä park fü**t isch däfür umso imposant** und gseht us wiä in b**g inegschnitzt. Im gägesatz zu dä pass-strasse bi eus, händs da kei 180 grad ...

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... weather and that we have not had any problem with the Jeep or motorhome.

Terry asked me not to be so anal on this trip as I usually want to know in advance where and when I am staying. We have been lucky by just calling a day or two ahead but we may have run out of luck with Seattle. We are leaving here and just going a little up the road to see the Coolee Dam but not staying as ...

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Handsome mates aren't they? Ben and John about to make out.


Josh and Katie prepping for the Phish show!


Only one word can describe Betsy and Jim's face off ...

... and reenactments. It was a gorgeous day and listening to the music and seeing the HUGE cherry trees dripping with fruit was lovely for all of us! On our way to Montana we stopped at a drive-in diner for lunch, where mom was very excited to have her first buffalo burger! Little did I know that buffalo and bison are the same thing and that she was actually eating one of my best friends/fav animals!!! I ...

... not admit to the true superiority of the Garden State.

The rest of the drive was very pretty through Idaho and into Washington State. We stopped at a rest area that had a most peculiar animal....the ground squirrel. There were dozens of them..scurrying about across the grass, and the best part is that they would walk right up to you! Adorable. Def check out the pictures and video.

We arrived at our Comfort Inn, but had a bit ...

... of the trail (even some elderly that could barely walk), but it was just me after a while. I wandered around a while out there. Continue driving by the Weeping Wall and Bird Lady Falls. Stopped at a couple points along Lake McDonald for pictures. At about 3pm I decided I might as well continue on all the way home so picked up some Red Bull and drove and drove...