Day 10 July 6

We are enjoying our day of rest here at the Spokane KOA. We had a relaxed ride from Edmonton on Friday. We stopped by the Mall one last time to get pictures and to get the kids one last souvenir. I gave in and allowed them to have lunch in the food court. Then we headed south. The farmers grow hay in the freeway divider. It was so strange to see rolls of hay there. We did not make dinner. Instead I stopped at Subway in Fort MacLeod. The hills going into Crowsnest Pass were covered with windmills. The Canadians are so ahead of us it is shameful. We ended up going almost all the way to the border and stayed at a very nice Provincial Park at Moyie Lake. Both Cody and I thought it was “movie” at first. I got there at 9:45 pm, found an open space, and set up camp. We were just finishing a murder mystery on CD, so we sat in the car and finished it. When I went to pump up the air mattress, the pump barely worked. We had run down the battery. I walked around and found someone with jumper cables. We pumped up the mattress and allowed the battery to charge. We slept in. I was up early and was walking Matty, when I ran into one of the cleaning crew. She told me we would have to be out of the by 11 am or pay another day. It was 9:30 am, so I told the kids we would pack up the tent and I would buy breakfast at the first restaurant we could sit down and eat. As it turned out, that was not until we crossed the border. Filled the car up too because it was only 3.99/gal. the best price I have seen so far. We stopped in Bonners Ferry for a Saturday Market. Only about 10-12 stalls—all local stuff. We just got ice and ran into an old Kenai/Soldotna resident, who invited us to a local celebration at 5 pm. The 40 piece military band was coming up for the celebration and there would be tons of free food. Talked it over with the kids and they just wanted to go on. We made one more stop at Sandpoint, so Cody could take pictures of several old cars on display. We arrived here at about 6:30 pm. The kids love it. Lots of other kids to play with and a pool to play in. --Georgia