Craig's blog

We’ve had a great two days in the Pend Oreille, Coeur d’Alene area. Yesterday we drove down to Coeur d’Alene (about a 20 mile drive), which is a large resort town on Coeur d’Alene lake. We reserved a boat for the afternoon and then did a bunch of errands including getting the oil changed in the Suburban. It has burned 2 ½ quarts in 3,500 miles, which isn’t great. We also got our laundry done and had lunch. We went and got our boat and went out on the lake. It was a perfect afternoon, doing one of my favorite things. It was about 85 outside and the water was about 65 and calm. We went out to a cove that was recommended to us and started pulling the girls on a tube, which they absolutely love. We did that for about ½ an hour when Mom & Dad called because they had come back to the area. We boated back to the dock to pick them up and then back to the cove for more tubing. Each girl also tried skiing, but didn’t get up. Kelly got very close. Next time. It was an awesome day. Here are some pictures from the boat.

Today we had a leisurely morning, I went for a bike ride and then after lunch we walked to the beach on Lake Pend Oreille that’s about a mile away from our campground. It is a cool spot toward the end of the lake where the water spills out. The water is sort of flowing, but there is a natural barrier that forms a huge natural pool. The kids played for a couple of hours and I went for a swim to the opposite shore (probably only about 300 yards each way).

We came back and I made lasagna. Tomorrow we plan to spend the fourth at Coeur d’Alene.