Meyers Memories: Spring Break

Spring Break this year was cut a little short for us due to circumstances outside our control, but we decided to still go to Coeur D'Alene for the time we did have. We took off Saturday morning in (of course) a freak snow storm that made it difficult to see. It cleared up by the time we got past American Falls though. It was a very long drive. We drove up through Montana so we got to see some really empty country. By the way, did you know there are 2.5million cows in Montana and less than 1million people. See I even learned something on our vacation. When we got out of the car in Missoula for a potty break we discovered that Jonathen gets car sick. He did manage to get inside and puke in a toilet. We then stopped again in Kellogg and he threw up all over a grocery store floor. We couldn't find a bathroom fast enough for him. We got to the condos by 5 pm PST. (Coeur D'Alene is an hour behind Heyburn) We made dinner and unpacked. We didn't even go swimming or anything that night since it was getting late. The next day we met up with my sister Elisa, her husband Don, and her son Shayne to go to Cataldo. Cataldo is the first mission in Idaho. It is an interesting building since it was built by the Coeur D'Alene Native Americans and the Jesuit priests that came by invitation. All of the paintings inside were done by the first priest who set up the mission. We had a picnic on the grounds of the mission and discovered that soggy ground and running children equals mud splatters up to the rear end of said children. We then went back to the condos and swam for a little while before grabbing some food. It was a fun day. On Monday we drove down to Potlatch to see an old train depot. It wasn't as cool as it sounded, but we mut up with Elisa and Shayne and played on the playground toys. Nate had a great time and kept wanting to go down the slides. Then we headed back to the condos. On Tuesday we drove to Mead, Washington (just outside of Spokane) to go to Cat Tails. Cat Tails is a zoo mostly for different types of cats. They had a lion cub, tigers, a couple bears, some panthers and some bobcats. It was fun to see the animals up close and hear the stories of how they ended up at the zoo. Most of the animals were rescued from bad situations. There was a white tiger that prowled around his cage growling at pretty much everything. The boys really enjoyed him and spent a lot of time "talking" to him. Wednesday we headed home. It was another long drive, but we stopped by my sister Crystal's on the way home and spent some time with her and her kids. Overall, it was a fast and furious vacation, but lots of fun.