Day 9, June 24, 2010
Good morning from Eureka, MT. We didn’t make it to the coal mine. When we got to the Canada border we talked to the customs agent and she said that their security was very strict and they wouldn’t allow me in. She said her dad worked there and she couldn’t even get in herself. Floyce is driving as I blog. We are in the Kootenai National Forest driving along Koocanusa Lake. We have been driving along it for miles and it is beautiful. I think Koocanusa seems to be some sort of combination of KOOtenai and CANada and USA. And is used frequently here.
After driving through rain, sleet, hail and snow,(weather tha would stop a mailman) I decided to wash the van in Libby, MT. As you can see, I’m searching for something to blog. Today is a travel day and we should be somewhere in Washington tonight.
It is 9:30 P.M. and we are waiting for the laser show to start at The Grand Coulee Dam, The guy in the visitor center said that the 6800+ megawatts that they can produce is enough to power all of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. This is the 4th largest power producing dam in the world and the largest in the USA,