River Birch Farm Bed and Breakfast Laclede

Day one on the road

Well ... it was looking like it might be overcast when we left the house on Tuesday morning ... obviously we underestimated just how overcast it was going to be.

We left Calgary around 9 am (which was a little later than we were planning) and stopped at the Cochrane Truck stop (Humpty's) to put on the rain gear. It rained from there to Fairmont Hot Springs. At on point the rain and fog was so bad we thought we missed a ...

The house is a mess and I can't sleep. We are preparing to leave on our first snowbird adventure. As would be expected things are taking longer to get done than planned and disorganization is the rampant. Dan took our car to Spokane to get the tow hitch installed and we hope to leave Sandpoint on Wednesday 10/8 with the coach to get hooked back up with the car. Towing a car behind 36 feet of house is ...

We left the great state of Washington and headed east. Haley was keen to see Cor de Lane and an amusement park near this quaint Idaho town. We stayed a night at Farragut State Park just North of Cour de Lane. It was pretty late ...

... bumpy - I left my seat more than once. This is where I parted company with Mike and Brigitte and struck east on my own. And where I found the heat... The interior of Washington, much like BC, is very desert like, including the temperatures. My bike thermometer (in Fahrenheit) quickly registered 100F and stayed that way for over 6 hours! It was as my brain was baking while driving ...

... for the local area. We go drenched from the spray of the falls so went into the resort located at the falls to dry ourselves off. Saw an idea for our garden - amazing what you find in gift shops overhere! After the falls we started making our way over to Spokane - we traveled on the interstate and the facilities at the rest stops along the way were simply amazing. Chated to some very nice fellows on Harleys - couldn't get ...

... asking brad if he had seen it when suddenly we saw a live turtle on the shoulder of the road jump in surprise as our bikes zoomed past. there were a number of marshy spots along the river, and with them came a lot of turtles. we didn't see too many more dead ones, but quite a few living ones. i was hoping to come up with a "why did the turtle cross the road?" joke... julie stopped to save one of them, and we named him skookum after a nearby RV park (and ...

... 34 for information about the Darts' employer, Dr. Forrest Bird. Both Ken and Christy have joined the Pacin' Parson Yahoo Group, so you can ask them questions about Dr. Bird or about the paradise by Lake Pend Oreille that they call home. The Bonner County Daily Bee interviewed Don and Loretta during this visit and published an article on May 15: http://www.pacinparson.org/bee.html

... and Breakfast is our family home of over 6,000 square feet, where we have enjoyed raising our 15 children... Take a stroll and visit nearby Pend Oreille River." This morning a man by the name of George Douglas bought the Stevensons' breakfast in Priest River. Today the rain is pouring down, but Don plods on toward ...

... housing and executive furnished housing in the Spokane, Washington area." They will also rent available suites nightly. Linda, the manager, is a Christian. She gets surgery done on her foot on Friday. One donation of $20 in cash received at breakfast.

... Why do I do this to myself??? But then the pace slowed to a crawl. BERRIES AHEAD. Yum. We snacked along the way like grazing billy goats. Near the top of the mountain we stopped at a fork in the path. Do we go to the closer lake or to the one we had planned to see (further of course). I was screaming out..CLOSER, WHATEVER IS CLOSER..but of course my silent scream fell on deaf ears as we ...