Adventures

Hello my friends.  Remember last week when I showed you the photos of all of the hard work Dennis, Paul and Lori were doing?  Well here is the fruit of their labor.  A nice gravel area for Paul and Lori's grill and a parking place for the golf cart.  That's our camping trailer.

Another view.  I think they did a great job and it will help with a lot of the mud that seemed to plague this area.

Earlier in the week I painted my toenails while watching knitting podcasts and starting the second sleeve of Dennis' sweater.  My nails looked terrible from the gravel and dirt roads at the lake and since I had my annual physical on Wedneday, I thought I should attempt to make them look a bit nicer. :-)

The front of the sweater is complete.  Actually, the front, back and both sleeves are done.  Tomorrow I'll work on putting it all together.  It's supposed to rain all day so hopefully we'll be shut in the trailer and I can knit and we can watch movies.  Fun!

I started a new sock too!  Since this picture was taken I added another stripe and have the heel halfway turned.  Don't you love this yarn?  It's Knit Picks Felici yarn in the colorway "Dark Side".  I just love it and the colors make me happy.  I'm using the Yarn Harlot's, plain vanilla sock pattern and I'm very happy with how it shows off the yarn.

I also finished a baby blanket for a friend.

Dennis had today off, so we went out to breakfast and then headed out to the lake.  After we dropped Chloe off at the trailer we kept heading north.  We went through the little town of Chewelah.  Then we went on to Colville and ate lunch at a fancy place called "McDonalds".  Ha!  Actually we like their ice tea very much so we bought a burger to go with the tea because it was 86 degrees and we were thirsty!

Isn't the scenery here gorgeous?  

I couldn't capture the absolute beauty of the mountains all around us.  And these photos were only a very few miles from our lake.  We are so blessed with so much gorgeousness.  

Smoky the Bear had his picture on these signs all along the highway along with the message, "Only you can prevent forest fires."  As you can see, the fire danger is still very high up here.

We went as far north as several miles past Kettle Falls.  I wanted to keep going and drop in on fellow blogger Pammy Sue, but realized that would be very rude of us, so we turned around, drove back towards town and took a picture of the town sign instead.  :-). I believe that when we tuned around we were only about 15-20 miles from Canada.  Since our passports were at home we would have had to turn around anyway as we had run out of highway in the U.S.!

At a place called the "Trading Post" in Kettle Falls we found this really neat antique store. The prices were unbelievably cheap.  An example was a gorgeous solid wood rocking chair that was better made than anything you would buy now for only $50.  A beautiful pie safe for $60.  If we had taken Dennis' truck it would have been full and we don't even need any furniture!  There were rooms upon rooms upon rooms of beautiful things.

And then I found this.  Crochet thread for $1 each.  I bought several colors and was only charged 25 cents each.

Lots of yarn and knitting needles.  I didn't succumb to the yarn fumes and left it there. 

Dozens of quilts and quilt tops too.

And fabric.  Oh. My. Goodness.  The fabric.  There were shelves of it.  One piece I picked up was only 10 yards of cotton for $5.  So reasonably priced.

I loved this vintage fabric but left it behind.  Now, looking at the picture again, I'm kicking myself for not buying it.

After a dinner of pizza, Dennis and I took a mile walk along the lakeshore and then came back to our site and sat outside and watched the sun set.  This was our view. Isn't it pretty?

I just stepped outside to try to get a photo of the full moon rising above the trees. I couldn't get a clear picture, but I think this one is pretty anyway.

We had a wonderful day exploring theses little towns so close to us.  We used to do this kind of thing all of the time on weekends.  Now we tend to go to the lake and stay put because we like it so well.  Today was a fun change.  I hope you enjoyed taking our little day trip with us.

I also hope that you all have a lovely weekend and are enjoying the last of summer.

"Above all else, guard your heart, for everything you do flows from it." Proverbs 4:23

Blessings,

Betsy

Another weekend is coming....

Hello my friends.  It's late Thursday evening and I thought I would do a quick post because Dennis is off work tomorrow and we're going to the lake as soon as we wake up.  I don't usually post when I'm there because of the Internet limits.  I came home Tuesday morning because it was only in the lower 50's and raining.  I had lots I could do at home including washing the summer bedding from the trailer.  I put the fleece sheets and down comforter on the bed out there for fall.  I think we're going to need it this weekend. :-)  

This is what I worked on last weekend.  The back of a pullover crew neck sweater for Dennis.

The front has been started too.  It does get boring though.  What seems like miles and miles of plain knitting.

So...I took a break and made three dishcloths.  There is a another round one that I finished that I didn't photograph.

And this one was just begun.  I will start back on the sweater tomorrow.  I promise. If it stays so cool he'll need it soon.

My sister sent me this picture yesterday.  It was all of the Brownies, Girl Scouts, Senior Scouts and Cadette Scouts in the small town I grew up in. Do you see me?  I'm the little blonde brownie in the third row from the front, on the right end. I'm peeking over the shoulder of a girl with a sash and beret.  Isn't it fun?  I had forgotten all about this day until I saw the picture.  My sister is on the left toward the back.

Today was crazy hair day and crazy clothes at preschool for Miss Piper.  She had to face-time me and show me her craziness!  Goodness I love this little girl.

It's past my bedtime so I'm going to close now but didn't want to leave for the weekend without sharing with all of you first and saying hello.  I truly feel you have become my friends.

Someone asked where the lake is that we have our trailer at.  It's 26 miles from our house, in the mountains of northeast Washington, north of Spokane.  The lake itself is Loon Lake and our trailer is at Granite Point Resort.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend full of the joys of late summer.

"You make known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand." Psalm 16:11

Blessings,

Betsy

Labor Day

Hello Everyone.  I hope you all have had a great weekend.  We did, although there was some "laboring" going on around here.  Dennis, Paul and Lori spent most of Saturday removing grass and putting 2x4 frameing along the edges between our trailer, (on the left), and Paul and Lori's, (on the right).

The purpose is to make a parking area for the golf cart and also a nice place for their grill.  This area is usually pretty wet and never gets direct sunlight to dry out, so pea gravel will be put down on Thursday and it will be all done.  It already looks nicer so I know with the gravel it will be good.  These guys are always busy.  Next Saturday they're planning on putting a sprinkler system in for Nita and Larry.

Nita and Chloe were supervising.

I was in charge of moving the golf cart into the spot to see if it fit the way the guys planned.  Sophie was helping me.  :-)

This praying mantis sat on Dennis' finger for the longest time today.

Here are some of the ladies a few minutes ago, sitting in their chairs in the middle of the road.  They do this every year to celebrate the end of summer crowds.  Most people have already left today to get the kids ready for school tomorrow.  Only us "old" people are left up here.  Dare I admit it's nice that it's quiet?  I love having all of the kids around though.  The one thing I don't miss when the crowds are gone are the few people who get drunk and noisy at night.  They make it miserable for everyone else.

Our anniverary was September 1 and we got our wedding pictures out to look at for the first time in several years.  Just look how handsome this guy is.  The styles were a bit different 38 years ago weren't they?  I was also a "BIT" skinnier back then.   Dennis looks the same now as he did then, minus the mustache and sideburns!

Here I am with my Mom.  She's been gone 27 years now.  Gosh, I miss her.  She had the best laugh.  That's what everyone remembers about her and my sister laughs just like her.  My dress is hers.  She wore in in 1944 to marry my Dad as a war bride.  The veil was new though.  The lace on hers had disintegrated.  Isn't she beautiful?  She was a wonderful woman, inside and out.  At her funeral, it was standing room only and the parking lot had people waiting to get in.  I have never heard anyone say a bad thing about her.  She loved people and they knew it.

Piper found a way to take her doll on the swing with her.  Quite ingenious. 

We're planning to stay at the lake until Wednesday, although lots of rain is predicted for tomorrow so I may go back early.  We'll be back Friday morning.  I do enjoy it here in the fall.  The trees changing colors, watching the Candian geese fly south.  It's all fun.  We've had to turn our furnace on the past few evenings already.  Last week the A/C.  This week the furnace.  Welcome to fall!

I hope you all have a wonderful week and I'll be back soon.

"Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28

Blessings,

Betsy