FINALLY finished adding all the Horse Drive/Rockies trip from 2008. Check it out: Sept-Oct 2008.
idaho
This morning Iona took us for brunch with Catrin and Brad at their house. We found out that Ben and Tyler are in university in Boise and Moscow, so we could well have passed them on the street and not even known! JJ stayed in bed almost the entire time […]
Post Falls to Missoula
After breakfast, Iona took us on a quick drive around Post Falls and Twin Falls, where she teaches tennis. We visited the falls the town is named after, but there wasn’t much water because of the time of year. We had a coffee and then drove over to Coeur d’Alene […]
Family Day
After having breakfast and checking out, I checked emails and then we found a nice coffee shop. We drove over to the Appaloosa Museum before leaving town. It was really interesting, with stuff about the horse breed and also the Native Americans. We drove on to Coeur d’Alene, getting lunch […]
Moscow to Post Falls
We had breakfast at the motel restaurant – far too many pancakes. We drove back to Grangeville and looked around Ray Holes Saddlery. On our way back we stopped at Dog Bark Park, and ended up chatting to Dennis and Frances for about 3 hours! We drove to Lapwai, stopping […]
Cottonwood – Grangeville – Lapwai – Nez Perce – Moscow
(Toilet wall graffiti in Riggins) Today was beautiful but a little overcast. We wandered around McCall, stopping for coffee and checking emails. The bank have now closed my internet banking, so the stress is back on! We went to Ponderosa State Park before leaving, seeing 5 deer and great views […]
“Life is Hell. Death is Heaven.” “Life is what you make it. Live it up!”
We saw the mechanic. He told us to call Avis roadside assistance. We had the options of driving back to Boise and picking up a new car (no thank you), or waiting around for them to deliver a car from their nearest garage. We had breakfast and killed time in […]
Stanley to McCall
We had a fun morning of doing laundry and important stuff like checking email and looking around The Record Exchange. Bought a couple of albums to play on the long drives. We drove to Idaho City, where we had lunch in a friendly little diner on the roadside. Idaho City […]
Boise – Idaho City – Stanley
We had our last breakfast together this morning and said our goodbyes. I felt myself welling up a bit – amazing how close you can get to people in a week! M was leaving the airport a little before us, so me and Dad had some food with her. We […]
Leaving Silver Spur
Last day of the horse drive, from Warm Springs to the final grazing, then we would head back to the ranch in the trailer. M rode with us today and made Wayne’s week by spending most of the day teaching him how to ride Western. By the afternoon, he was […]
Horse Drive: Day 4
Not actually par of the horse drive though, because this was the day off when we just went on a trail ride. It was a much slower day, just taking it easy, but we did have a couple of good canters. We headed up Grouse Creek and covered about 10 […]
Horse Drive: Day 3
This morning LT cooked our pancakes and eggs over the campfire, while Lana did the hash browns in the chuck wagon. Apparently LT is annoyed at how little we’re doing because “this is not a dude ranch”. I don’t remember being told what was expected of us beforehand, but I […]
Horse Drive: Day 2
Tuesday morning we set off, driving 26 horses from the ranch. Lana and M were driving the chuck wagon to the camp, with everyone’s luggage, the tents, food, etc. and going by road. We started our day going through a canyon. It was fine, except that I ended up so […]
Horse Drive: Day 1
Wonderful breakfast on Monday morning, followed by several people trying their hand at lassoing. LT and Lana’s son Dax won a team-roping championship with his friend (I think at state-level, but can’t be sure). He wasn’t there at this time, but we got a taste of just how good he […]
Getting Away From It All
So this is the big holiday of the year … 3 weeks in Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, or as far as me and Dad could get in the Rockies. One week on a ranch doing a horse drive, followed by two weeks hiring a car. Didn’t get off to a great […]