Day 6

We started out today by leaving behind the crowded Tamarack RV Park. James expertly extracted the RV from there and then took us into Coeur d'Alene. He then had a fun time of trying to find parking appropriate of a giant rig like the Georgetown, 2 of the parking lots were so tight but the expert that James is got us out of the tightest places. Finally after we found parking we were off to explore the lakeside. First thing we saw was an Osprey nest. Beautiful skies also accompanied us there.

There were also 2 massive playgrounds, we had the boys try both out.

I loved all of the sculptures we found in all of the cities we visited.

So much to be done on the lake. Jude said that he'd like to try parasailing someday.

Jimmy was being the typical preteen but ever so often I got an illusive smile.

We also went on the floating dock and watched the boats coming in.

On the lakeside Jude built his own boat out of debris. It sailed well.

More of the beautiful blue skies.

On our way to the other playground we decided to nab our boys. They were good sports about it.

We got (had?) to listen to a free concert in the park. It wasn't really music for any of us but it was nice to have the atmosphere while the boys played.

The other playground was built as a huge fort. Lots of hiding places. Jude started up a game of hide and seek. He won! He was very difficult to find.

A stop and the toy store and the candy store on the way back was a special treat for the boys.

We then headed off to check out the Berkshire one of the potential rigs for purchase. It was very nice but we were unable to test drive because the RV dealer was currently showing it at a RV show.

Then we moved on to check out the Spokane River and the Sky Ride.

Jude was the only one who wanted to try out the antique carousel. There were rings that he could try to grab. He got so close a few times!

Spokane's city park had several interesting things the giant wagon/slide was one of Jude's favorites.

There was a cute baby duck paddling all over there too! So cute!

After we wore ourselves out completely we drove to our campsite at Riverside State Park - Bowl and Pitcher. It was a relaxing afterward for the day. The boys tried to catch crawdads with the site neighbors and all of them dunked themselves including James!