OVER THE BORDER

This is our last day here in Blanchard, so there was a little more activity with my humans!  First up was a morning bike ride all around the Resort. Kathe wanted to show them the lakeside homes that she saw yesterday when Jim and Warren were napping. They also checked out the Activity Center that had a huge indoor swimming pool. I'm sure that's very popular in the winter when there is four feet of snow here. The bike/walking path goes all around the perimeter of the Resort and there are great views of the surrounding mountains. There are these little bird houses along the path. Interesting, because there are hardly any birds here at all. I saw one quail, and a couple of robins, that's it.

This afternoon they all piled into the car again for an adventure into the town of Newport, Washington. It was only about 30 minutes away, right over the Idaho border. It was a good size town with a great historical museum. Lots of cool old stuff. There was a hunters cabin, pioneer cabin, church, school, fire  lookout tower and a caboose that you could investigate.

Lots of old logging equipment, washing machines, and a collection of blow torches were of interest to my guys! They had lunch in a restaurant that was built before the town had electricity, and explored a couple of antique shops in town.

Tomorrow it's off to Coeur d Alene for a two night stay. It's only 30 minutes away, so we will be there in plenty of time to celebrate Jim's birthday.