Our last hurrah for summer: a Harley ride to north Idaho to spend the weekend with friends. We’ve been planning this trip for so long that it was almost weird to finally have it arrive. We were so grateful to my aunt and uncle who let us use their lake house for the weekend. It was perfect.
I rode with the boys and the other two ladies drove over in a car, mostly because one is 21 weeks pregnant. But it worked out great because then we had somewhere for a weekend of food and clothes for six people besides saddlebags!
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| Ready to go |
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| Me on the back + two behind us |
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| The view for a looonnngggg time! |
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| Stretch break |
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| Dry Falls – last picture here, Labor Day 1999 |
After 11 hours of travel (lots of stops and a long and beautiful route), we arrived at the cabin late. Katie and Elisa had a hot dinner waiting! We crashed and woke up to the most beautiful view. I am sitting in bed looking at this!
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| Uncle Jim and Aunt Sara’s lake cabin |
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| Trying out stand up paddle boarding |
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| The girls jump in |
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| The boys are watching… |
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| …football on the deck! |
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| Morning sailboat ride |
My aunt brought us freshly baked peach pies and we took them into “town.” We bought ice cream and listened to live music at the park while we ate. It was a nice end to the trip.
The ride home was warm and sunny. We were having a great time.
Until we hit I-90 holiday traffic and went less than 50 miles in three hours. Boooo.
On the trip, the Harley turned 16,000 miles. We rode over 700 this weekend and it was a lot of fun.
We couldn’t have done it without Uncle Jim and Aunt Sara’s awesome lake house, and Grandpa and Grandma Cole’s stellar babysitting skills (which included baking apple pies, s’mores, kayaking, movies, power tool projects, picnics by the beach, and more).
The Keene Family 
What a beautiful view from the cabin!! Now back to reality . . .
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