Shilo Inn - Coeur D'Alene

... br> Leaving Saturday for L.A. where I'll meet up with Terry Chamorro and stay at her place Saturday night. Sunday morning we have a 7:45am flight out of LAX which means going to the airport at 5:45am. Ungodly time. We are flying on Mexicana Airlines via Mexico City to Guatemala City. <br>Not exactly sure yet where we'll meet up with Rose and Jim....probably at LAX before the flight.<br><br><br>

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.

... most of the UK are patriotic but I could not imagine the response in the crowd if we were all asked to sing  &#8220;god save the queen&#8221; every time One Man and his dog started.  <br><br>Unfortunately we were unable to stay for the Tom Addis Dodge PRCA Rodeo or the Rhinestone Roper or watch the Canine Demo let alone the Cabela&#8217;s Dutch Oven Cook-Off (heaven knows what that is about). Another recommendation - stop by if you see any state fairs, especially for the rodeos. 

... from London and having had the luxury of sampling some of the best restaurants in the world, our expectations were not that high.  The chef was leaving the next day to start a bistro in San Francisco so he was excited at what he had prepared for us.  He introduced each course with a tantalising description told us how he had done what and why (working with corn so it does not get too sweet").  We sampled corn chowder which was light and fluffy, had our ...

The golf trip was organised by Steve and I was looking forward to a decent round of golf at a local course to see if my game could recover from the disastrous run I'd been having in England. So four of us (Tim, Rob, Steve and I) set off at lunchtime in Jim&#8217;s hire car to drive the supposed 45-minute route around the lake with Tim driving. Tim normally drives an Aston ...

... struggling with a sore foot and was unable to run as fast but he too had a great time hacking just holding onto long reigns and flying around corners.  A fabulous ride and from here on a mellow trek was out of the question.<br><br>That evening we were entertained around the campfire by a white bearded cowboy by the name of Tom Lamb.  Born and bred in the area Tom&#8217;s talent was cowboy poetry and country songs.  He silenced us all with an ...

... en gländewage ;o) am bowman lake acho, hämm** eus wand**tüchtig gmacht und sind loszoge, in wald ine und em see nah. Trotz warntafle hämm** kei<br>grizzlies atroffe, was eus ehrlich gseit rächt gsi isch. Wo mir zrug gsi sind, hani mi wiä üblich uf **kundigstour im see gmacht. S'isch gar nöd sooo chalt gsi, au wänn en iheimische gfunde hät, ich spinni und ob ich vo schwede chäm ;o) isch ä h**rlichi abchüelig gsi!<br>

... ponies which was surprising.  <br><br>The Western style of riding is significantly different to the English riding style.   Prior to our trip to the USA Ian and I had spent a fortune at Wimbledon Stables riding two hours at a time and paying the price physically and it was not long into our first ride that we realised that it had it been a complete waste of money.  We did not need to bob up and down when trotting, our reign was to be long when ...

... welcomed us in and started to show us around the log ranch house,  From the  back porch we glanced the first view of the ranch.  In the middle of this wilderness  we were struck by a valley full of  paddocks, ranch houses and horses.   It was beautiful.  We signed the obligatory insurance forms and we were off to find out log cabin.<br><br>En route we spotted another (but larger and luxurious) RV with a group standing outside drinking wine.  We were introduced ...

I woke up a little hurting after the late night drinking and dancing. Had breakfast and took off from Banff about 10:30am. Drove through Calgary (didn't stop) and to the border. The guy at customs was searching all through my car. He must've thought I had drugs or something. I entered Glacier National Park at the Many Glacier entrance. There weren't many people up that way. I ...