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| The History of the hill... |
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| Canty's first known adventure to L-town (technically she was there in Dec 2010..but we didn't know it!) |
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| This is the WINDY switchbacks OLD Lewiston Hill Paul's dad did the "I made the grade" bike ride in the 80's We wanted to give him some pics. |
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| a little better view.... |
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| More Switchbacks on the old grade, but you can see the two rivers that run through the valley! |
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| More "Lewiston Grade" with a beautiful view of Clearwater River |
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| A great view of the Clearwater RIver and the Lewiston side of the valley |
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| Clearwater River, you may be able to see the Home Depot orange sign! |
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| Now the Action...this is the confluence of the Clearwater East /West running and the Snake River, North / South running. The Snake separates Idaho and Washington,. Yup, that bridge crosses the state line! |
We did a couple of things...in this order
#1 checked into the hotel...yeah, it felt weird to stay in a hotel in my hometown, but the pool was nice :)
#2 ShopKo! Need I say more? Although they haven't "brought" it that last few trips we've been there. Paul always says, "it must be a memory childhood thing for you because I totally don't get the appeal...and I can't figure out what to compare it to that we have in Western Wa."
#3 Taco Time- #1 TT in the nation baby! I wanted so badly to get all my favorites but one meal is never enough, needless to say I'm craving it again!
#4 Lewiston ROSS- Yeah, Paul has a thing for it...he says the "hicks in Idaho don't know a good thing" We usually get totally hooked up on excellent goods when we visit this particular ROSS. We didn't get a whole lot of goods but a little bit of love for the canty (aka baby girl Schultz).
#4 Hotel for a nap....zzzzzzz
#5 Drive-by ol' 1036 Ripon Avenue. There was an identical year of daddy's truck sitting in the driveway! It was just blue instead of green. They'd only been there a month or so...the lawn had been cut but there was no flowers or yard improvements...like I kept imagining there would be. I guess the house did sit vacant for over a year.
#6 Rosauers They have the ultimate in frosted shortbread cookies! Yumm Yumm! We went to get flowers from our family friend Catherine, but she wasn't working :( We still bought the flowers.
#7 Met up with Darrin (my brother) and his two youngest Owen and Mallory. My sister-in-law and their oldest stayed in Spokane because they were going to see Wicked with my sister and her 2 girls.
#8 Took flowers to mom and dad's graves. It was great to see how well kept the cemetary is. We put the flowers up and chatted there for a few minutes.
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| The back of the headstone says: "Families are Forever" Our Children Kristalyn ~ Darrin ~ Rochelle |
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| Canty's first visit to Grammie and Pompa Rich's graves. |
#9 HARRIS FIELD-- LCSC WARRIOR BASEBALL! We got general admission tickets so we were out in left field....literally but we had a really good time. Philly Cheesesteaks from Happy Day Corp. (owner of the best Taco Time in the world) Elephant Ears and peanuts and seeds!
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| The TICKETS! |
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| L-R Darrin, Mallory, Rochelle and Owen |
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| Harris Field LCSC Lewiston, Idaho |
#10 POOL TIME! We took the little folks to the pool (the big folks had fun too!) I did realize I should probably invest in a maternity swimsuit about now however...mine is just a tad to "form fitting" if you will.
#11 Drive to Spokane to meet up with the rest of Darrin's family.
We were greeted in Spokane at the Rich home with a banner that said:
"Welcome to Baby World-- Congrats its a girl!"
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| L to R: Owen, Rochelle, Olivia, Ella, Paul, and Mallory |
Ella and Olivia handcrafted the poster with all sorts of glitter and stamps etc. It was fun. Then we had our own private baby shower. Holly (my sis-in-law) is totally a bargain shopper and she scored the baby girl a TON of clothes and some teenie weenie hot pink shoes!
We went to "the roadhouse" in Coeur d'Alene. The Texas Roadhouse is a fantastically delicious BBQ place with reasonable prices and amazing food! Unfortunately they have 0 restaurants in Washington. I branched out and got a pork chop this time. Yum! (sorry no picture of the food)
We had church on Sunday and then went to the Centennial Trail to walk with the kids while they road bikes and rollerbladed. The river was really high--high enough that trees were underwater!
It was a fun adventure!
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