Day 5

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We had a somewhat lazy morning and left around 11 am. We drove up to Missoula and did our laundry. Mom looked Sherry up in Arlee, up Hwy 93 and called her to leave a message. We drove up and called again from a gas station. We ended up being only 2 miles from her house. She lives way back in the woods with 40 acres and a creek running through the property. Her house was very cool. Cery rustic and right up my alley. We stayed for a few hours with her and she told the girls the story of how Gma Margaret met Judd, Sherry's dad.

She said that Gma was about to have a baby (Gma Dawn) and came into Judd's doctor's office (the old Siren hospital in Wisconsin). She walked through a waiting room full of people and into his office. Judd was sitting at his desk and he said, "Can I help you?" She was wearing a camoflage hunting suit with mud all over her belly, she pulled out a newspaper clipping of Judd where he had shot a bear and said "Is this you?" Judd said, "You need to wait to be seen, I have a waiting room full of people." Gma said "Yes, but is this true?", Judd said "Ma'am, you can't just come in like this, you'll need to wait to bee seen just like everyone else." gma said "I'm about to have a baby and I need to k now if this is true or not", he said, "yes, it's true." She said, "okay then, thats all i needed to know.

When she was in labor he was telling her when to push and when not to, she sat up and told him " who the hell is having this kid, me or you?!" Later Gma was in the room with all the other mom's, nursing her baby (Gma Dawn, since this is being told to the girls), Judd (Dr. Grindell) came in to check on everyone. Gma squirted him with milk from acrossed the room and said "welcome to the Dairy Farm, Doc!" He was horrified and the other mothers were embarrassed, but they became great friends, Gpa, Gma and Judd and their families.Judd would go hunting with them and come to visit. He also introduced them to Fred Bear of Bear Bows, as he used to hunt with them. Judd was like a second grandfather to me, and I have many fond memories. Sherry had not seen me since I was a toddler, and I was happy to recount memories of my grandmother and her father.

We went to Spokane, all the while looking for decent camping to no avail. So we drove to Roy's and surprised him. He and Sabrina let us spend the night. We made brats, mac and cheese and beans and shared our meal with them. Sabrina brought out her extra bed for mom and Jake, Kayleigh and I slept on the floor and Breanna on the couch. It was so hot out that night. They have an Akita who is pure bred that they got for free. Her and Dot played but had to sleep outside because we figured they would roll all over us on the floor.

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Photos

Sherry talking with the girls and mom
At her house

the girls in Sherry's hot tub by the creek
Kayleigh is sporting her new haircut... she likes it, I am still adjusting to the length

Mom and Sherry
talking on the porch swing

Old Sacred Heart Mission
In northern Idaho

Sabrina, Nikki and Roy
in Spokane

All of us by the Columbia River
Acrossed the river from Vantage, WA.