Saturday, 18 June 2011

We are in Kettle Falls Washington

Wow What a great community. Lots of interesting things to see and do. Colville just down the road is the main centre with a Wal Mart etc. There is an interesting restaurant that I really like the name of. We are moving tomorrow with a 50 km paddle to Inchilin. The last two days have been nice with the tent set up and NOT being moved. As usual we went down to the lake (no falls here anymore ) to do a Brigade Paddle and the skies opened up...sigh That is about 12 days in the last 13 with rain. You kinda get used to web feet and damp sleeping bags. I got bit in the neck last night either by a spider or an ant. The rigors of tenting I guess.
The town had a BBQ for us last night with a breakfast this morning for $4.00. The supper tonight is BBQ pig smoked in a huge BBQ right beside where I am sitting in the light rain writing this.I really like the feeling when all the paddles are working in sync and the boat actually lifts out of the water. Yesterday we had an experienced crew and we got up to over 20 km per hour with a current going into Ione.

Jack Nesbit was here at the Museum again last night. I never get tired of listening to him. Proof is I own 2 of his books. One signed The Mapmakers  Eye when we were in Idaho. Tonight we are watching The Shadows of David Thompson and the director of the film will be here in the museum. 
Guess why I like this restaurant?

Cusick - Kalispel Band Drumming


Here is Stan with his new tent sheet!







I am having major issues with the internet and my laptop so no more pics today.









2 comments:

Grant said...

It's great to follow your posts Dwaine! You can tell Jack Nisbet that because of this post, another of his books was sold. I'd read "Sources of the River" a couple of years ago, but didn't even realize there was a "Mapmaker's Eye". Since my internet connect is fine, there's a copy on its way from Amazon right now. :-)

Chin up! Keep your boots dry, and the your neck covered.

Take care!

David Odin Kether said...

Finally got an opportunity to catch up on your posts as they'd been sitting in my RSS subscriber for a while now. Everything is looking amazing and it looks like a beautiful and utterly amazing trip. Looking forward to catching up with you soon when you get back from the trip.