Colville WA

We did it. We beat our normal departure time of 7:15 AM yesterday - by 5 minutes. The drive to Colville, WA was relatively short - 276 miles - and without any rain and wind, we got pretty good gas mileage - 9.5 mpg. There was only one incident during the drive and that was in Chewalah, WA. While leaving the downtown area, a small doe walked into the street to cross and we slammed on our brakes to avoid the animal. It was a scary moment, but the deer made it across the street and we went on to our destination with no further problems.

Our arrival in Colville occurred around 1 PM and we found the Fairgrounds and set up our rig for the visit with Kristine:

 

 

It isn't a great site, but certainly good enough for our stay.

Just as we arrived and were beginning to set up for our stay, we received our expected phone call from the Sales Manager at our new "pending" job location in Moose, WY. We were offered the job, and we accepted, so we are now employed once again at one of the most desirable locations in the Grand Teton Mountains - The Moose Visitor Center. We plan to arrive on May 24 and begin work on the 26th. That gives us more time to spend here in Colville and to visit with Kristine and her "new" family. Kristine made a turkey pot pie and brought it over to our location and we had a terrific visit with her and Philo (her boyfriend) and Cameron (his son). Oh, and their new puppy, Jenny, came along:

We look forward to a nice long - about 10 days - visit with them and we hope to make sure that Kristine gets off on the right foot with her cancer treatment program and gets all the support she needs. We also plan to spend the time doing activities with them over the next week or so.

It's nice to be here and visit with Kristine and  "family", and to learn about her new home in this part of Washington where I hunted many years ago and fell in love with the location...