7/26/09 to 8/31/09

In lieu of spending the summer sweating ‘buckets’ in the Caribbean, we decided to fly back to the States to visit friends & family. After sorting a pile of mail, we spent the next several weeks taking care of business (DMV registration, renewal of professional licenses, house, car & motorcycle insurance, property management issues, etc.)

What do we do with two hours in between appointments? Watch boat races at Marine Stadium, Long Beach.

Once matters were fairly under control, we loaded up Fred’s motorcycle & took to the road.

First stop, the beautiful town of Sedona, AZ.

After a day of riding through town & taking in the view, we packed up & headed on to Colorado to visit Kathy’s sister & husband who live in Pagosa Springs, CO.

Flocks of Hummingbirds at dawn (amazingly noisy!)

Kathy & Tillie in the backyard

TransmissionTest #1: Crossing Wolfcreek Pass /Continental Divide (Yeah! We made it!!)

Next, we drove north to visit with friends in Evergreen, CO. After a day at their house, we drove out to their cabin near Fairplay, CO to ‘play’.

Cruising the roads around Evergreen

Skeet shooting & dirt bike riding at the cabin (Fred was in heaven!)

With a deadline to meet friends Idaho, we said a temporary farewell & continued north towards Wyoming & Montana.

A brief stop a Hell’s Half Acre, WY (We were hoping to get a Double Devil Burger & Fries with this view)
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After a night in Bozeman, Montana we arrived in Sandpoint, Idaho just in time to meet Bob & Lynne (S/V Leap of Faith) at one our their favorite haunts for happy hour. Over the next several days, we enjoyed a guided tour of the town, lake & local ski resort (Schweitzer Mountain.)

A day on Lake Pend Oreille

Picking Huckleberries on Schweitzer Mountain

Sunset over Lake Pend Oreille

Our many thanks to Bob & Lynne for their welcoming nature & wonderful hospitality. Sandpoint is unique mountain town, offering the best of summer & winter recreation, restaurants & beautiful scenery. We’ll definitely be back.

Our next stop was to be Vancouver, WA to visit with Mike & Linda (S/V Casa del Mar), but our schedules didn’t mesh. After a night in Spokane, WA we decided to head back to the east & visit Glacier National Park.

Downtown Spokane (Fred remembered the sites from his family’s vacation to the 1974 Worlds Fair)