Travel:

So, I know that I didn't update my travels again since my post of flying up to Spokane, but I really just was enjoying everything so much, that I just didn't care to. Did you see the one post though of those two pictures that I took of this sunset? I could tell that by Sunday afternoon/evening that it was going to be amazing and sure enough! That was the best sunset of the whole week. When I get time, I am going to post my pictures to Picasa and link to them from here, but I'm on my flight to Little Rock right now and I don't have internet access....I can't wait for the day when we do. I know it's not that difficult, but gotta love the FCC....actually, we don't.

So, let's go bac to how the week in Hope, Idaho went. I truly understand why my parents like the place so much. We got in on Friday and after a minor disagreement with the Budget Car rental guy, we got our 07 Jeep Liberty and headed out of Spokane to our point of Destination. Spokane is a nice town. I actually asked my dad yesterday when he thought that it was built and it wasn't entirely sure, but a lot of the buildings are older and the positioning of it all, like downtown in a valley seems really nice. I could see a couple movies done there if they haven't already been. So after we stopped to get food and some stuff to get us through the night on Friday, we went and checked in. When you first drive into Hope, there's a sign that says "east hope pop. 230," but there is another sign that says "Hope pop. 79" and so that can kind of give you an idea as to how desolate the area is.

Each day we kind of just got up and went out when we were ready, which some days wasn't until noon. Saturday we went into town to Wal-Mart and bought food and other excess stuff that my parents needed. When my parents come out, they usually drive like an hour or hour and a half to church on Sunday mornings, but there happened to be an ad in the Bonner County Daily Bee for a church in Sandpoint, so we drove the 20 minutes it took over to there and found a small group of people. The main preacher wasn't there, but I did get to talk to people and find out that he goes on about two trips a year over to China and has even been band, but he still goes back and evangalizes and that seems really neat, had he been there I'm sure that him and I would've had a grand old chat. So Sunday was church and I don't remember us doing too much after that? Which is good...more time to relax and chill. Monday we headed to Canada. That was fun, however, it gave me more reason to hate Canadi!
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we pulled up to the boarder, we saw the guy standing there and so we drove up there and well that was a BIG mistake in this guy's book. He yells at my dad and tells him that he was suppose to stop at this stop light or sign or something and wait for him to call us forward, so then he proceeds to give my dad and I the third degree and asks us all these questions....I almost started laughing right there, because I'm like, "It's Canada? What do they have to be protective about?" like I said, more reason to hate them. Canada was beautiful though, just wait until I get my pictures up! I found one spot where I climbed down this one hill from the car pull of and the water was so blue and everything that the picture that I took turned out amazingly. Heading up there was a full days trip and we ended up getting back to our timeshare about 6pm, which isn't too bad.

Tuesday we went up skiing on....well, i'll attempt to spell this, but I am on a plane and don't have google to look it up, sad day. We went up to Schweitzer Mtn in Sandpoint, apparently it's one of the top 25 resorts this year? That's what my mom said at least, I don't kniw if that's in the US or in North America? So, the view and everything was amazing, but I will still take my Colorado skiing over that. It was a little icy compared to what I'm getting used to now. After skiing we met up with on of my dad's old co-workers who retired to the area. It was nice meeting him and his wife and we ate at this sports bar called Slates and the steak that I got certainly hit the spot after a day of skiing.

Wednesday was really our last day there and so I had never been to Montana before, so we headed the 15 miles to the state line and then headed up to this place that are suppose to have Giant Cedar trees, but I guess that it isn't opwn in the winter, because the road wasn't plowed and though I was all ready with my snow boots and everything to hike up the hill to see them, I was alone in my adventure, so we turned back and headed towards Hope. On our way out, I did have a couple of spots where I wanted to stop and hop down another hill to snap pictures and so I did just that and they came out well.

I just remembered something from Sunday after church. We headed to the end of the lake and the view there was cool too, I mean really there wasn't a bad view anywhere. The place that we went though was I guess some small Navy installation, which is in the middle of nowhere. Go figure, anyways, it was cool.

Thursday we packed up and headed out and though I was a little worried whether I'm make these two flights, I got back home and am back on my way now. I suspect we only have 30 minutes left of this flight. I'm renting my first car ever in Little Rock, so we shall see how this goes. It's pretty cloudy underneath us right now, but it's not like I'd be able to tell if that farm is a Kansas one or what? Well, I'm done, hopefully I'll remember to post some more.

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