Archive | Destinations

13 February 2010 ~ 0 Comments

What a car crash in Mexico can teach you about border insurance

This is a true story about our car accident in Mexico and what we learned about border insurance.
You want a vacation in beautiful Baja, Mexico and you’re driving your car.  Your first thought is “my US auto insurance doesn’t cover us in an accident in Mexico.”  That’s what we thought so when we decided [...]

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26 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Farragut State Park and Lake Pend Oreille Boat Rentals

You might be wondering what Farragut State Park and boat rentals have to do with each other since there are no boat rentals at Farragut State Park.  Susan and I lived at Farragut last summer and our favorite activity was getting out on Lake Pend Oreille on a pontoon boat.  Luckily, we found the Floating [...]

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23 January 2010 ~ 1 Comment

Review of Bayview Ralph’s Coffee House New Pizza offering

Review of the pizza recently added to the menu of Ralph’s Coffee House in Bayview, Idaho and free delivery to boot!

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07 January 2010 ~ 0 Comments

One more reason I love living in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho

I was walking the dog this morning – a frigid but sunny day in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho and I thought about all of the things I really love about living here:

Coeur d’Alene is surrounded by national forest
a beautiful downtown – very quaint
it’s on Lake Coeur d’Alene
minutes from Lake Pend Oreille
the people here are, by and [...]

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12 December 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Eagle Watching at Lake Coeur d’Alene

Photographs of American Bald Eagles at Lake Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

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04 December 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Want Free Rent? Become a Camp Host

Live in a beautiful state park in exchange for a couple hours a day of your time. Camp hosting is a great way to enjoy living in nature and meeting new people. But hurry as the positions for 2010 are filling fast.

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08 November 2009 ~ 0 Comments

Farragut State Park On a Fall Day

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18 September 2009 ~ 4 Comments

Bear Hunting in Farragut State Park

The evidence of black bears roaming through Farragut State Park has been overwhelming the last couple weeks.  I’ve seen their scat within a couple hundred feet of our cabin and broken branches on the apple trees.  One of the rangers told me he saw a sow and cub in the apple tree near their house [...]

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11 September 2009 ~ 2 Comments

Approaching Fall in Bayview

Even though temperatures in Bayview are expected to be in the 90’s this weekend, the end of Labor Day weekend has brought an end to the summer season in Bayview and Farragut State Park. The Floating Patio Susan works at has gone to weekends only and yesterday began giving away free chicken wings and [...]

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22 August 2009 ~ 3 Comments

Hummingbirds, Hiking, BLT’s and Work

Since I put up a hummingbird feeder, we’ve been watching about a dozen birds dueling for the territory. The nice thing is, they don’t seem to care how close I get to them and Haley just watches them (but will chase after everything else.)
Today Haley and I hiked the High Point trail and I [...]

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