LAKE PEND OREILLE

(Pronounced Ponderay)

CAMP HOST COVERED DISH

 

THE PATIO

Hmmm were do I start.
OK tell you about our supper club.  Many off the volunteers decide we should have a pot luck dinner once a week and exchange our recipes.  Having great cooks you always have a full plate. Then we have happy hour and movie night. Then we move to campsites to enjoy a fire and more social time.  We have a few host that are locals and have a wealth of info to share about the area and always give the heads up on the do's and don'ts.  They have sparked our interest to make a trip to Canada  . Just a few hours from us and we are told the hot springs are a must do. Always adding to the our list.
Friday evening we joined a couple park rangers and the locals of Bayview at the local floating patio and bar.  The restaurant floats on Pend Oreille Lake. Which is so relaxing the awesome sunsets, the mallards swimming by and begging for french fries. This small charming town of 621 boating is the recreation of choice. You have many natives willing to give you a tour of the lake scenic view that is so worth your time.
Saturday the City of Coeur D Alene had a BBQ cook -off. Belonging to a BBQ team we headed to the city to check things out. This was their first year to have the event. I can say they got it right the first try. They had about 20 to 25 teams. An entertainment area, play grounds for kids and many vendors. This will fast become a growing annual event.
We left the fairgrounds and headed downtown. The city also having a classic car show and auction.  The people here take such pride in their cars and restoring old cars. They had a parade of cars of 200 entries. Amazing the amount of time, money, and pride invested.
Downtown CDA has many outside cafes. The weather is so perfect"O" you can sit hours people watching. We choose Mexican dinner.  Not bad not bad at all. 
Sunday being father's day Harry wanted to smoke some meat.  SO that's exactly what he did. He smoked a  beef brisket that melts in your mouth and 2 slabs of baby back ribs that fall off the bone.  I made some potato salad, a pot of pinto beans [cooked in my new pressure cooker which no cook should be with out], grilled corn on the cob and garlic bread.  Yep true Texas grub. So proud of our cooking we had some friend over. Rustic food but a touch of dinning elegant.   
Rock and Mary have a new puppy a great dane. Solid shinny black huge and clumsy but so loving.  Being around Rowdy has got me yearning for another pet. My heart still aches with the passing of Killer.  We shall see.
It is lunch time and my wonderful hubby has warmed his fabulous meat   come on guys his brisket.
Anyway I shall chat later.
Be safe XOXOXO
Juju