Just Cuz

Waiting at the airport for our flight. Just thought this captured traveling with teens. 

Weekend Wrap Up

It is always sad to leave the cabin, but that means we had a wonderful time while there. Here are a few shots to capture the last few moments of our time at CDA. 

Darts on the line 

Yummy cold Spanish soup the Matthew made 

A fire on the last night 

Tending the fire 

Hot tub in the last night 

Reading by the lake on the last morning 

R-man and neighbor boy shooting water balloons off the deck 

D-man convinced me to get in on the last day 

Annual boat pic 



With gramma 

With Uncle Matt - always so much fun to have him here 

We match! 

Lottery Losers

We have spent quite a bit of time talking about what we would do if we won the MegaMillions this week. It has been fun to fantasize about what we would get, do, buy, etc. if we won the prize. We even had an agreement on how we would split it up if we had won. 

We made sure to stop and buy tickets on Thursday when we stopped in Harrison for gas. D-man even picked up two more tickets in Friday (now that he is 18). 

Unfortunately, we didn’t win, but I would say that it gave us $20 worth of entertainment for sure. 

The agreement 

The tickets 

Sad we lost - hopefully, this is a good lesson. D-man did talk about how he sees how this could be addictive 

Lake Life

I’m sometimes not sure how we pass the time, but we do. 

Monopoly - T-man was the victor 

Ice cream on Harrison - it was hot! 

Frisbee in the park 

Dock time - D-man not feeling well unfortunately…. 

Always on the move 

Dock time 

Frisbee catching (attempt) 

T-man in the bay on the paddle board 

Marshall on the dock 

Stargazing app - checking out the international space station as it goes by 

The Shadowy St. Joe

After a stop in Harrison for gas (and lottery tickets), we made our way up the St. Joe River. The St. Joe is one of two main rivers that feeds the CDA lake (the other is the Couer D’Alene River which we biked down the other day). 

It is a challenging to get there as you have to follow the river channel or get stuck in the shallow water. We got turned around a bit as we entered the channel,  it soon figured out our way. We have been up the CDA river quite a bit in the last several years, but have not ventured up the St. Joe for many years (the last time was to the park when the kids were little). 

There is a new dock in place now and we enjoyed a picnic lunch and the guys enjoyed frisbee games off the dock. There were very few boats and it was a nice excursion for the day. 

We wrapped up on the dock, a bit a tubing for the boys and a game of five crowns after dinner. 

Catching frisbees off the dock 

 the park is generally the same, but the activities different now vs. when we were here last 

Dock fun 

So calm on the river 

Entering the lake 

Crazy boat hair 

 Nighttime Shooting target setup by T-man (illuminated by his phone). 

Trail of the Couer D’Alenes

We got an “early” start on Tuesday to get in a bike ride before it got really hot. We decided to hit a part of the trail we had not done before and do a longer ride. 

Marshall was kind enough to drop us at the trail head in Catalgo. T-man did the driving and it took about 1 hour and 15 minutes to get us around the lake and up drop off spot. 

The ride was somewhat shaded at the beginning, but we were mostly in the sun for the ride. We road along the river the entire way, but much of the trail was cutting through the marshes that are near the river. We saw deer, two moose, a heron and several birds. 

We made a couple of stops to read the information signs. We also stopped to use the bike repair kit at one of the trailhead to tighten D-man’s handlebars and had another stop for our snack. 

We found a lovely shaded table for our lunch before finishing up the last two miles of the ride. We treated ourselves to ice cream in Harrison while we waited for Marshall to come pick us up in the boat. Matthew was surprised our ride only took us three hours. 

I’m glad we started when we did because by the end of the trip it was hot! What a fun new adventure for us all! 

Our starting point 

Ready to go! 

River is teal because of the mineral deposits 

Pretty views every way you look 

Cooling off in the shade 

24! 

There’s a moose in there.

Another baby moose on the trail 

Lunch time 

Lilies in bloom 

We did it!