May 9th to 11th - Spokane

May 9th - Fri - Spokane/Cataldo
I made breakfast for all of us and then Terry & I did some grocery shopping before hooking up and leaving for our camping weekend with friends. We arrived at Kahndarosa RV park near Cataldo, ID about 1:00 and checked to make sure the CDA River was going down before we selected a campsite. The RV park is right beside the river and has flooded in the past. Willy & Geri arrived next and we had time to chat with them as Willy set up before Bill & Georgia and Woody & Debbie arrived. We have met both these couples (who are friends of Bill & Georgia) on previous camping trips. Donn & Donise pulled in about the same time - new friends for us. After drinks and everyone doing their own thing for dinner, we stood around a blazing campfire that could not keep the chill wind away.

May 10th - Sat - Cataldo
Even before we had breakfast and got out of our rig, 4 more people (new to us) arrived to join the group. Roy & Wally came for the day with their bicycles (their wives don’t/can’t currently ride bikes) and Gary & Margie are staying the night in their conversion van.
It was nearing 11 by the time everyone finished chatting and getting their bikes unloaded and ready to ride. Our group of 14 headed out on the “Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes” towards Pinehurst. The trail is an old rail bed that has been paved to control nasty metals dropped by trains. It runs 74 miles from Mullan ID to Plummer, ID and goes right past the RV park. The weather was just right for bike riding - a little wind and cool but not cold. Our group was not “gung ho” and we enjoyed a couple of stops (butt breaks!!) before the road to Pinehurst. No one wanted to go into Pinehurst so we headed back. We all had lunch back at the RV park, except for Roy & Wally who stopped at the Snake Pit for lunch.
Everyone except me was ready for another ride the other way on the trail. My knee had kind of given out coming down the steps so I decided not to push it and to enjoy my book. Two hours later, they all started straggling back in with lots of moans & groans and spaghetti legs. The morning ride was about 15 miles and the afternoon ride was 16 miles so they did well.
Just before we were all going to sit down for dinner, it started to sprinkle. Terry put our awning out just in case but it stayed a sprinkle just for a while. We pulled chairs over to the fire this time and had to get out umbrellas for a while. At 9 it started to rain in earnest so everyone made a mad dash for RVs and bed.

May 11th - Sun - Cataldo/Spokane
It rained a lot last night but was stopped by morning. We had another campfire so we could stand around and drink coffee and compare sore muscle stories. Bill & Georgia and we were the last to leave about noon.
We parked in Bill & Georgia’s back yard and went to visit Terry’s Mom. We were prepared to cook dinner for Ella Mae & Don but Cindy had made meat loaf for Don to put in the oven so we came back and had dinner in our rig. Bill came out just as we were finishing and invited us to join them to watch a movie. I called Marg before we went in and she mentioned that it was the finale of “Survivor” so we watched that instead of a movie.