Last Monday (November 13) we left Oregon and headed for Idaho, which entailed a lot of driving across central/easetern Oregon and Washington. There is a lot of nothing out there! In some places, if your farm was out of sight of the highway, you could plow hundreds of acres in a day and never seen another soul.
The day after we arrived in Couer d'Alene we took time to look around. This is Lake Couer d'Alene, which is clearly a major tourist attraction in the summer but when we were there it was cold and windy. Still pretty, but we walked fast!
Off the docks was a walk-through shopping area, of the sort where I warned the kids not to touch because anything they accidentally broke would be too expensive for us to buy!
The toy store reminded me very much of Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium. But we just bought a carousel ride.
They were beginning to do the Christmas decoration, so of course we needed a photo with Santa.
At Grandma's house, the kids thought the stair-climbing chair was perfectly awesome!
My mom made this walking stick for my grandmother, almost 30 years ago.
Grandma and Burt have visited many exotic places, including the Ukraine, where they bought some stackable dolls.
Grandma, Burt, and my whole crew.
Me and my grandma.
That concludes this year's big trip; the day after this we spent all day long driving, flying, waiting, and driving home. Long trip, but it was fun.
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