Elk, WashingtonAug 18, 2009
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Fort Steele Heritage Town, Fort Steele, British Columbia
Fort Steele Heritage Town, Fort Steele, British Columbia
Fort Steele Heritage Town, Fort Steele, British Columbia
8/18 – 8/31
274 miles and three days brought us to Joanne and Chad’s (daughter and son-in-law) house in Elk, Washington. The first day we stopped for a couple of hours at Fort Steele Heritage Town in Fort Steele, British Columbia. In 1864 the Kootenay gold rush began. Fort Steele started as a ferry landing and soon became a supply town. It revived again in 1897 when lead and silver were found in the area. By 1905 the town was abandoned. Today more than 60 buildings, including many originals, interpret frontier life during the late 19th century. Good stop. That evening we stayed at a Wal-Mart in Cranbrook, British Columbia. While in Cranbrook Ken toured the Canadian Museum of Rail Travel. This great museum includes the completely restored 1929 Trans Canada Limited train – a beautiful luxury train. Other trains that were on display were the 1907 Soo-Spokane Train Deluxe and the 1886 Pacific Express. The second night we again stayed at a Wal-Mart, this one in Ponderay, Idaho.
The rest of the month we spent with Chad and Joanne. Joanne works for the Salvation Army and Joan volunteered to help with their school supply distribution. Joan, Joanne and Carol Lamb spent a day checking out the roller coasters at Silverwood Amusement Park in Idaho. Most of the remaining time in Elk was spent relaxing, reading and gardening (Joan).
We celebrated our 41 anniversary with a delicious dinner prepared by Joanne. Because we really enjoy PF Chang’s restaurants she prepared chicken lettuce wraps and lemon scallops – every bit as good as the originals.
In August we put 1102 miles on our house and 733 miles on the Jeep.
9/1 – 9/8
During our last week with Joanne and Chad our son Ken visited us for five days. During that time we drove the “kids” (in our house) to Scheweitzer Mountain Ski Resort in Idaho to spend two days biking down the slopes. They also completed a number of paint ball “wars”. While the “wars” were going on we had some friends (Richard and Carol Lamb and Tom and Nancy Doyle) over for a sausage BBQ.
Ken got a new HP computer (the screen on his Toshiba is going bad). He has most of his programs working but could not move over the group email addresses for this journal. We will be sending this out on the Toshiba and then deal with the group mailing issue in October. While Ken was working on the computer Joan was painting some murals for the Salvation Army.
We found a 4 star restaurant for hot wings: Flamin’ Joe’s (7015 N. Division, Spokane 509-465-5052).
As usual, Joanne and Chad were excellent hosts and we had a great time.
