I had such a great time with my MT sister and friends last weekend. We did the Rivalli County Fair on Friday:
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| So glad I was "tall" enough for this ride! |
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| MT Sister |
Griz game on Saturday:
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| JRR & LW at Washington Grizzly Stadium |
and the Route of the Hiawatha on Sunday.
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| Having group fun with the crazy glasses at the 50,000 Silver Dollar Bar |
For those of you that like to ride bikes, of the pedaling variety, I would encourage you to do this route/trail. You can even rent a bike if you so desire. But I would recommend you bring a gel seat cover if you are going to do that. My who-haw bones were sore for a couple days afterwards. You can find info on-line (http://www.ridethehiawatha.com/) , but let me give you the cliff-note version....it's part of an old railroad line that goes from ID to MT, most of it being on the ID side. You can start from either end, and there are shuttle buses that run from top to bottom to deposit you from whichever end you started from. We started at the top on the MT side, going through a 1.7 mile long tunnel. A headlamp/bike "head lite" is required. From there is really all down hill, you basically coast for 15.5 miles. The scenery is beautiful and they are 47 informational signs along the way, so you can stop and take your time to read some history lessons.
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| The MT side starting point...1.7 mile long tunnel |
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| MT Sister & Jer |
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| Oops...the sign said Foot Traffic Only Jer! |
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| I was imitating the Line Nazi - "GET IN LINE if you're going to catch the shuttle!" |
I left early Monday morning in order to get a head start on the Labor Day traffic goers....so glad I did too. The Vantage Hill was busy and everyone was jockeying for position. I got home, unloaded, decompressed, then headed into Seattle to pick up the 'Rents from their little week of boating with TSY. The good news is #1) I did not have to read any headlines that stated, Wife kills husband and throw overboard in Desolation Sound and #2) they are still married! They are gearing up and getting ready to hit the road this month for their road trip to Hershey, PA for the Swap Meet to beat all Swap Meets. They are expected back around Thanksgiving. I think they are getting the hang of this retirement thang!
MER is plugging away up in Dutch. They are super busy up there right now. Hopefully he will still be able to get to his week of training at the end of the month. If not, he tells me he might be doing it in December. Per the usual, we are in a wait-and-see- holding pattern.
I am getting ready to head back to school here in a week. For those of you who are not on Eff book, I am happy to report that I managed to meet my personal goal of staying the the Honor's List with a summer quarter GPA of 3.73. If I can manage to do that again for my last two quarters, then I will graduate with Honors! Hmmm....why couldn't I have been this motivated in high school? Ha ha ha!
There ya go peeps....catch ya later!
