Othello, Washington

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Last night I hung out with the Dorsing family. They have 3 kids under 6 years old, and I must say I enjoyed all of them. From the time two of them opened the front door to the house and welcomed me in, I had such a good time. These were some of the nicest kids I have met. Instantly they meet a new person, and they were not shy one bit. It was one of those situations that you can just let your guard down and feel right at home. I was given a tour of the farmland that Kevin works on, and I now know about 5000% more about cherry and blueberry farming than I did before. I say this in a good way, because all of it fascinates me! I think the science of taking care of the plants and the machinery that they use to maintain and harvest the goods is awesome. I was considering staying around a little bit this morning to see the harvesting by hand take place, but I decided that I should just get on the road right away. I had to make it to Kalispell by the evening, so I had a fair amount of driving ahead of me.

I drove all day to get to Kalispell, and from Spokane on I fought gusty winds the whole way. They were bad enough that some of the gusts blew me over about half of my lane. So now I am sitting at Starbucks with my coffee, and getting ready to go to the Kauffman’s house. I believe they are related to Becca King (hey Becca if you read this, just so you know I had to try very hard not to call you Becca Krabill). Everything is going good so far. Tomorrow I will probably head up to Glacier National Park to have a look around. I might spend another night in Kalispell, or I might just head to who knows where (somewhere towards Yellowstone?)! Maybe I should figure that out right now…

I’m signing off until next time…

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Photos

day 3 001
Drive to Glacier

day 3 002
Another Glacier shot

day 3 003
The lake before Kalispell. Flathead lake?

day 3 004
Another Flathead lake shot