Easter in Idaho

I have totally neglected the blog again, so this update may (or may not) include some items not related to Easter in Idaho. However, that is probably the biggest thing that has happened since the last update...well with the exception of one other item, but that item deserves a completely separate posting.

Angie's brother Mike and family planned on going to visit Roxann and Donaldo in Idaho for a belated Easter celebration. Their plan was to take the train with the boys, but even the best laid plans don't pan out sometimes. When Mike and family arrived at the train station toting their bags behind them, and the boys strapped onto their backs they were presented with the fact that the train wasn't going any further west than Minnesota due to flooding. Time to move to a backup plan and drive.

Angie, Sid, and I flew to Spokane on Thursday where Roxann picked us up and drove us the 2 hours back to their house, but not before an errand to Costco and lunch at the Mongolian BBQ in Coeur d'Alene. Once we arrived at the cabin, Angie and I settled into the apartment over the garage and Sidney made herself at home in her room. Shortly after settling in, Don says to me "Oh? You want to go fishing tomorrow?". Everyone knows what an avid fisherman Don is, and I too love to get out fishing so I was definitely up for it. Now we just had to convince the ladies, which was really not difficult.

Friday morning, we set off for our fishing trip, stopping at the sportsman shop for our licenses and suggestions for fishing spots. One place suggested was Antelope lake which Don wanted to go check out. It turns out the lake was completely iced over still, not to mention the road needed some Spring attention since the weather had caused some damage over the winter. From here we decided to head back to find another fishing spot. We ended up stopping in Clark Fork, hiked down the stream a ways and fished for a couple hours in the river. Fishing conditions looked as if they should be good, but there was no activity. After a couple hours of this, Don looked at his watch and proclaimed it to be Beer:30, so we drove into the town of Clark Fork and had a couple PBR drafts while shooting some pool.

Mike and Family arrived Friday night after a long couple day drive from Michigan. Mike and Teresa were ready to hand the boys off and Roxann, Angie, and Sidney were happy to oblige. We all spent a fabulous weekend together relaxing in the cabin, going for walks along the loop, enjoying evening drinks and dinners, etc. This time provided me a great opportunity to get to know more of Angie's family, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

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