Conrad's Bed & Golf Ione

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.

... to the fence and empty the garden into Canada!!! 
We have friends in Colville and as they live on a hill up a winding road , they organized us to park the rig in a construction companies yard, next to a church and a school bus parking lot. Its actually very pleasant, we have water, electricity and even the Internet, although we suspect the buses maybe a little loud on Monday morning as they prepare to go and pick up the kids.
  
 

Another beautiful ride in the Rockies. Everything is just so green!

And fantastic twisty roads going up and down and around mountain bends...
there were a few times where my poor bike just couldn't catch up to
Matt's, throttle open and all! Going around a sharp right hand corner
at one point my right foot peg skimmed the ground.. it shook me ...

... miles left. thus far, we usually go swooping past them at some point in the day. after we went by, george and maxine decided to give us a little run for our money and went tearing past us on their tandem. dan is a little competitive, so he took off, and then so did i because i'm supposed to keep up with him (and going fast is fun). we managed to overtake them again, but not without a lot of effort on our parts! we stopped near the town of ione for lunch ...

... with some locals, we were able to find it okay. colville was a strange little town. it was a small town that had grown large enough to support a wal-mart and some fast food chains (including an arby's! i couldn't resist the roast beef sandwich and curly fries post-biking snack), but there was something bleak about the place that i couldn't quite place. possibly it was the clouds that were looming and building up again in the evening... either way, i wasn't ...

... It's likely that he will walk past Sandpoint, but the parents of one of the Pacin' Parson Group members, Miranda Bodus, have offered to buy them dinner and a room for the night in Sandpoint. Miranda's parents work on the estate of Dr. Forrest Bird, the inventor of the medical respirator. Read about Dr. Bird at wikipedia.com.

... down, but of course the wind died down as soon as we were done! We put in a couple of photos to give an idea of the paddle. The whole kayak took less time than anticipated so we enjoyed a lazy afternoon and evening. The next morning we had a big early breakfast and headed for, of all places, 49 Degrees North Ski Area in northwestern Washington. One of Jeff's last actions at the ski area was to sell the long-stored quad chairlift that Ski ...

... launch for the paddle on a creek from Lower to Upper Priest Lake, called the "thorofare". We hoped we could find a lakefront parking spot, despite the closed campground there, but had no luck. But we did scope out the options for getting the kayaks in the water. There are two boat launches at the upper end of the lake, and one canoe portage trail to the thorofare. After checking out the scene we headed back to the Reeder Bay ...

Drove to Many Glacier area about 20 miles away and it was gorgeous. That is where the main travelogue picture was taken upon entering the park that way. This is the area to stay in to see bear and sheep, I wish we had known that before because we didn't stay here. Next time! We did 2 of the hikes that started at Swiftwater Hotel, Red Lake Falls and Iceberg Lake. Both were beautiful hikes. Red Lake Falls was about 5 ...

We left Livingston and started up a 2 lane highway it was beautiful and we felt like we were the only ones traveling. When we started going through the Indian reservation I couldn't believe how poor it was but more than that I couldn't believe how windy it was. We were told it is the windiest place in the states and I agree with that. Bruce had to be beat ...