PROUD MARY ON PEND OREILLE

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

SUMMER AT THE LAKE

This will be the summer we drag Proud Mary some 2000+ miles to finally be able to sail her. Iowa just isn't a sailboat-friendly kind of state so we're off to the great Pacific Northwest for a Harless adventure! For those wanting some chuckles over the "life and times" of a couple of old folks as they learn how to sail a toy sailboat, bookmark this page. I'm sure there will be plenty of stories....

Captain Norm & The Admiral

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Best Bar-B-Que in Rock Springs!

Brillant colors in the rocks along Highway 80 through Wyoming

You see a little bit of everything on the Salt Flats

"Risk more than others think is safe. Care more than others think is wise. Dream more than others think is practical. Expect more than others think is possible. " ~ Cadet Maxim

Old "Indian" Motorcycles on the Salt Flats

Streamlined Motorcycle - Two-wheeled streamlined on the Salt Flats

We Survived the Desert !

Touring the Silver Mountains on Four-Wheelers!

It is only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it were the only one we had. ~ Helen Keller

And We're Off!

Norm & Nancy on a Quad Tour of the Desert

Norm on the top of the mountain chatting with Mr C

Dramatic and Diverse Desecibes Utah's Geography

Ahhhh....Ain't he just the sweetest guy in the whole wide world? !

Proud Mary on the Salt Flats

We found she got trailer whip at 87.4mph. (just kidding !)

If you're not living on the edge, you're taking up too much space. ~ Anonymous

Norm inspects a Formula 1

Here we are on the the Bonneville Salt Flats

The reflection from the bright sun is nearly blinding!

The Ever-Changing Scenery Along Highway 15

The biggest adventure you can ever take is to live the life of your dreams. ~Oprah Winfrey

Norm Admires the Old Machinery at the Potato Museum

Proud Mary Camps Out at the Beaver Dam Campground

“Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain” ~ Fredrich Nietzsche

Norm Primes the Pump

Exploring the Campground

“It is not the easy or convenient life for which I search. It is life lived to the edge of all my possibilities.” ~ Maryanne Radmacher Hershey-Prepared

Proud Mary waits for us to load her on her trailer.

Saying Good bye to Jean

One Last Time on the Lake

Norm gathers the wagons to repack the boat and car

Mine is the sunlight, mine is the morning, born of the one light, Eden saw play

Praise with elation, praise every morning, God's recreation of the new day.

It was an AMAZING BIRTHDAY BASH !

Norm and Nancy at the Bowl & Pitcher State Park

“We are one big family of people, trying to make our way through the unfolding puzzle of life.”
Sara Paddison

Nephew,Randy and wife Terri came all the way from California to "toast" him !

Even Sami Jo age 3 and a half weeks made it to the party !

Becky directs the caravan parking

Picnic at the Bowl & Pitcher State Park

Leigh helps little Marin work her 'blow gun'

But Marin would really rather eat the marshmallows :-)

Laina in awe of the "marshmallow war" going on around her

Norm & Nancy with ALL the grandkids !

Parker Snorkels for Makanaw

My grandkids believe I'm the oldest thing in the world. And after two or three hours with them, I believe it, too. ~Gene Perret

Marcus at the Helm

Earning his Pirate Stripes on Proud Mary

Parker joins us for four days on Proud Mary

PK and Grandpa drive Proud Mary

One of the best things in the world to be is a boy; it requires no experience, but needs some practice to be a good one. ~ Charles Dudley Warner

The boys 'belly up"

Parker swimming and snorkeling the lake

Sue Averill shaking rick DellaRatta's hand at the concert

Jazz for Peace partners with One Nurse At A Time to hold a (very poor';[y attended) jazz concert fund-raiser.

Parker & Grandpa resting on a city bench

Walking Molly

Check out that crazy bicycle!

The family. We were a strange little band of characters trudging through life sharing diseases and toothpaste, coveting one another's desserts, hiding shampoo, borrowing money, locking each other out of our rooms, inflicting pain and kissing to heal it in the same instant, loving, laughing, defending, and trying to figure out the common thread that bound us all together. ~Erma Bombeck

The Clays and Wendlings gathering at Tulas for the Jazz Concert

It was a rare sunny Saturday in Seattle

Laura and Nancy cooling off on the dock

Laura lazes on Proud Mary's bow

The family - that dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. ~Dodie Smith

Grandpa Norm teaches the basics of steering

Jordan liked going FAST !

Laurq and Jordan on the bow

Link to hear "TAPS"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ftWerL1Wcs

TAPS

Day is done,
gone the sun,
From the lake,
from the hills,
from the sky;
All is well,
safely rest,
God is nigh.

WOODEN BOAT SHOW

Cool House on the Lake

It looks like a Light House

Ollie all worn out from a day of sailing

Nancy lazes on Proud Mary's bow

“When you look at your life the greatest happiness are family happinesses” ~ Dr. Joyce Brothers

Joe's infamous 'cardholder'

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished?” ~ Elbert Hubbard

Norm & Mel clown in the cockpit

Nancy in the Galley

amazing what you can cook on a one burner stove!

The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. ~e.e. cummings

Sailboats at Rest

Lou & Nancy plant one on Mac

Norm with the statue "Mac" that honors all who served

This was exactly what Norm slept on on the USS Estes

The stacked them 4 high and Nrom always got a top bunk

Back at the campground

Alison, MAx, Louise, Ali, & Joe

Lou introduces Ollie to the geese

The family: That dear octopus from whose tentacles we never quite escape, nor, in our inmost hearts, ever quite wish to. ~Dodie Smith

Casey and Mel playing "Titanic"

“Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends will leave footprints in your heart” ~ Eleanor Roosevelt

Lizette & Denise

All 'growed up!"

Denise, Nancy, Lisette

Oh the stories those two could tell on me!

Joe & his one-eyed dog

I think I'll start calling him "Pickle-Eyed Jack" -- Ollie, that is, not Joe.

Melissa kayaks "Mel - Style"

Ollie on Proud Mary

Sea-Plane buzzing the lake.

It landed and then took off again

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day. ~Author Unknown

The Ole Fisherman

I laugh and laze

while he fishes

WHILE HE FISHES

a tough, tiny sparrow chases
a red-tailed-hawk on the shore,
gives him a good scolding.

Small frogs burble and cluck
like a flock of chickens at lakes edge.

A lone bumblebee purrs ’round my head,
lights on my glass, sips sweet lemonade.

The sun warms my face and the wings
of a yellow butterfly floating by.

I close my eyes to listen
for the contented flap
of tiny translucent wings,

while he fishes.

For today and its blessings, I owe the world an attitude of gratitude. ~ anon

Marin was determined to put on her own helmet

Strawberry-Rhurbarb ala Mode!

Are we spoiled, or what ?!

Dos Amigos - Norm & Joe

The wide brims work great for sunscreens!

Laina (age 4) reads to grandpa

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. ~Margaret Mead

Like a little Minnie Pearl!

Marcus was thrilled that his new helmet had FLAMES!

Norm kicks back with his Nook

How we spend our days is of course how we spend our lives. ~Annie Dillard

Fearless geese in the marina

they would eat from my hand but I'm afraid of them!

Other things may change us, but we start and end with family. ~ Anthony Brandt

Lou's Bake Sale for MS

She's a serious fund-raiser and every year raises about $1500 for MS between the sales and the bike ride

Men at Work

Joe & Norm roof the storage shed

No matter what you've done for yourself or for humanity, if you can't look back on having given love and attention to your own family, what have you really accomplished? ~ Elbert Hubbard

Always smiling Joe !

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family: Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one.” ~ Jane Howard

Line Up Before the Game

It's no coincidence that female interest in the sport of baseball has increased greatly since the ballplayers swapped those wonderful old-time baggy flannel uniforms for leotards. ~Mike Royko

Captain Re-Cycle

One of the mascots at the ball game

Mel & Casey - A cute couple

Grandpa and his girls

Marin discovered grandma's bed made a great playhouse!

Laina and Marin feeding gramma's geese

Marin preferred coloring to boating

Brand new baby girl

“A baby is God's opinion that life should go on.” ~ Carl Sandburg

Proud Grandpa

Samantha Jo Colby - About one hour old

After Sailing

Norm hanging out on Proud Mary

Naval Submarine Testing Base

located in the bay just outside the marina

Setting the sail

I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.~ E. B. White

Nancy prepares to raise the sail.

Grandpa and Marin

A grandfather is someone with silver in his hair and gold in his heart. ~Author Unknown

Breakfast TIme!

Nancy feeds her flock

Goat Statue Found on Our Walk

Everyone needs to have access both to grandparents and grandchildren in order to be a full human being. ~Margaret Mead

Early morning spin with the kayak

the paddling is easy. the getting into and out of NOT!

View from the lake

It's gorgeous here in northern Idaho

"Give me a spirit that on this life's rough sea, loves t' have his sails filled with a lusty wind." ~ George Chapman

My Multi-tasking Man

Norm steers and fishes at the same time

Nancy kicks back for an after lunch nap

Norm's dinner - Shrimp & Prawn Fettichini

This photos is just for you Roger!

Toasting on the deck of the Boileau Resteraunt

Waiting for the Harbor Master to check in at the marina

Twenty years from now you will be more disppointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.- Mark Twain