Quality Inn Sandpoint

... new challenge for me - wish me more than luck - PRAY! We will head for Oregon first to visit our sisters. My sister Myrna is in Salem and Dix's sister Jean is in Grants Pass. Then we will head south on I 5. You are all invited to travel with us and share our joys and probably some trials as we make our way to Arizona and Texas. We hope to see a lot of great country and will share our pics with you.

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 ...

... Spokane, Washington, that I thought, "What if Washington and Idaho were to merge into a single state? Would they call is Washaho?" Hmm, sounds more like a charity event... I stopped for the night in Sandpoint, Idaho - a resort town on a lake here in the Rockies. I'm staying in a severely overpriced Best Western but the bed is comfy and the view is spectacular. Today's mileage: 808km

... 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 ...

Total miles to date: 10,150 On Tuesday, May 6, Don and Loretta made it into Idaho and stopped just east of Priest River. They went back to Newport to stay for the night at The Walden House Bed and Breakfast (www.thewaldenhouse.com), where they were hosted by Farren and Jolene Walden. From their website: "The Walden House ...

... I joked should rightfully contain raw potato. All very delicious, with a splash of apathetic waitresses. Today, my mom had to drive into the sleepy town of Newport, WA so I went along for the ride. Having 2 hours to myself there, I checked out the museum, and what a treasure chest of memorabilia! I had a moment with the newspaper machinery; letterpresses, paper-folders, type ...

... jagged ridges. A track disappeared invitingly into the woods beneath the bulbous domes of three-headed Snowshoe Peak and I wondered, briefly, what fate might hold in store were I to follow it. Good sense prevailed and I continued south across gold-hued water meadows with my old friend, Highway 56. Together we followed the course of the nascent Bull River as it wound its way around a series of evergreen ridges, accompanied by the chirp of birdsong from and a flood of ...