LAST BIT ON THE ROAD

We did our last leg of the road trip yesterday stopping by a sight Norm remembered from waaaay back "in the day" - the place with the 10,000 silver dollars. Well, we don't know if they actually have more dollars now, or if inflation is the reason but it's now the $50,000 silver dollar bar. Just a quick stop for a photo opt and BR break and we were back on the road since we were both anxious to get to the lake.

Proud May took the mountains like a breeze. Luckily, Norm had figured out how to use the cruise control and downshifting to save the brakes so we went up and down LoLo Pass without a problem and arrived at Lake Pend Oreille early afternoon. 

After a bit of reconnoitering we managed to get her mast hoisted and the infamous Bimini in place. We celebrated by going out to dinner at a little place within walking distance, then to bed early as we were two old tired birds.  Falling alseep in our little nest was easy, but around 2AM we both woke up to a horrible screeching sound that was relentless.  It just went on and on. Norm got up to investigate and found the back of the boat had gotten too close and it was rubbing against the dock. since our berth is in the back of the boat it was amplified 10-fold to us down below.  He retied the lines and the rest of the night was uneventful.

A good first part-day in paradise.....and the beat goes on...

~Nancy