Sunday, September 12, 2010

The Hiawatha Trail

















So here are the pics from the Hiawatha trail. We met the Colvins up there and had a great time. Sawyer and Skylar are great friends. I guess Keller has a great time with them also. The boys or I should say all the kids were obsessed with the chipmunks. They were trying to get them to eat out of their hands. When we took a lunch break the finally got one to take a chip out of their hands. They were kind of rude little chipmunks. I had my lunch sitting on the ground and a chip in my hand and one came right up and got in my lunch box and when I was thinking of giving him a chip and snatched it right out of my hand. Mike had all the kids sit together with their food and he was calling them the lunch bunch. I thought that was kind of cute. I cant remember if the pictures of the bus run off the road are on this or not. So if they arent I will post them next. Jaren was riding the bus back to the pickup. The bus on the first big corner has to stop and back up because its too sharp of a corner to make. So the poor driver instead of putting the bus in reverse he put it in first and gunned it. Not just once but twice and you guessed it it went right off the road. Hahaha, Jaren said people were freaking out. No one was hurt obviously but still it was kind of funny. (only because no one got hurt of course) Thanks for looking.

Cataldo Mission









Just before Coeur d' Alene there is the Cataldo Mission. It is really interesting. Built by missionaries back in the 1800's. I cant remember what religion it was but it really is very neat. They have restored the mission and the living quarters for the priests and missionaries. It is worth stopping and paying for. I thought that the picture of the little boys standing in the confessional was very appropriate. Its a good thing we are not Catholic or they would really have to spend alot of time in one of those. Just kidding they are good boys. A little rambunctious but still good.

Riding the trails






This summer we went up to Coeur d'Alene like we usually do and road the bike trails. This has to be one of our favorite things to do. I know it is one of mine. We had plans to meet up with Jaren's old college roommate and good friend Mike Colvin and his family. But we had one day to kill before they met us to ride the Hiawatha so we rode around Wallace and Kellog. We were able to find Sawyer a new bike that was a hit with the kids every campground we went to. Here are a few pics of our day. I have to add that Jaren is such a sport. He always volunteers to drive in the pick up so I can ride bikes with the boys. I am sure he wants to ride but I usually get to. So thanks Jaren.