Yet MORE StayCationAnniversary

Sunday started with us rolling out of bed after getting no sleep at all. A low of 41 degrees last night makes us determined to enjoy what little is left of the summer!

Baby Screech Owl

We found out that the reason the dogs are barking all night long is that we have a baby screech owl living out under the front deck & in the trees! He sounds so adorable.

Breakfast at the Floating Patio Restaurant in Bayview, Idaho. Yum. Conversed with a fellow that had a beautiful Pitbull named Sandy. She was very well behaved and ate a hotdog while the gentleman enjoyed his breakfast. Very pretty dog.

Then picked up the dogs & drove to Granite Falls near Priest Lake, Idaho in the Kaniksu National Forest. Stopped at a potty stop on Hwy 57 just prior to getting there & ran into a delightful couple that adored petting our dogs. Packed up the dogs in the Dodge again & drove to Granite Falls to visit the beautiful waterfalls there. We decided there were too many people there to take all the dogs for a walk, so we just took Bud & Isabelle. The most well behaved. Bud, however, decided he was going to snap at an Italian Racing Greyhound that was walking sans leash with a black Great Dane (also sans leash) ALL the other dogs on the trail had leashes. Get a clue people!

Granite Falls

Anyway, we ran into the delightful couple again who loved petting both of the dogs. We trooped up the 1 mile round trip trail, then back down again to the truck. Took the other puppies for a short walk around the old growth cedar trees (500-800 years old).

 Roosevelt Cedar Grove

Then drove to Espresso drive-thru in Priest Lake. Wonderfully good lattes! Picked up cheeseburgers for dogs at Burgers Express in Priest River.

Ate in shade of the (formerly) Verizon Central Office, then drove to deserted subdivision to let wild dogs run! But when we got there, two cars were already there walking their dogs (sans leash again). So we leashed our dogs up & walked to the river. After those two cars (finally) left, another car pulled in. He was the new owner of the property and had already placed building stakes right in the middle of the biggest tree there where the eagle had nested & would eat his fish. We had found lots of fish guts, bones & assorted fish at the bottom of the tree.

We finally left disgusted that we would no longer be able to take dogs to their favorite spot.

Once we got home, there were 2 ATVs & 2 dirt road bikes racing down Hwy 54 from Clagstone to Ramsey Road IN THE ROAD. Hubby had to swerve to avoid one dirt road biker as they were riding into oncoming traffic. After pulling into our driveway and watching them race down the road similar to drag racing, I finally called the police 911. I do not know if they sent out the ISP, but we desperately need at least one officer making the Hwy 95/Hwy 54/Hwy 41/Hwy 53 circle at least once an hour to show a police presence. ESPECIALLY on holiday weekends.