We have arrived!!!

We've arrived in Couer d'Alene, Idaho.  Now you only thought Idaho made potatoes...right?  Nope, they have kick as mountains too!

We decided to leave a a day early to get a jump start on our vacation...which is a good thing since our running time was 13hrs.  And no, it did not really seem that long.  The kids had their DVD player and I had my magazines and iPod. 

We did break the trip up a bit arriving in Lethbridge at about 11pm lastnight.  Got one of the last hotel rooms in the city (there's a huge soccer tournament in Lethbridge this weekend), went to bed, got up and started on the road at about 10:30 am and pulled into our final destination at about 6pm.

We broke our trip up with a few stops along the way.  I wanted to show Jackson and Mackenzie the Frank Slide and you know there was no getting around stopping at our favorite ski destination, Fernie, BC.  Jackson thought it was pretty cool seeing all the mountain bikers come down the mountain and then take their bikes up his favorite chair, The Elk Chair.  And poor Mackenzie got so upset when we told them to load up so we could continue on our way.  She thought Fernie was our holiday spot and had tears when we said we were leaving.

When we finally arrived in Coeur d'Alene we bought a few groceries and then headed down to the main resort.  We walked the Worlds Larges Floating Boardwalk and saw a few boats, boat houses and yachts parked in the marina.  One was for sale for $170,000!  And she was a small one!!  Then off we went for a very late supper at the Olive Garden and now it's time for bed.

Here are a few pictues from today.

Enjoy and we'll catch up tomorrow.

I am having problems with adding pix so i'll try again tomorrow