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......,,..--- Priest Lake & Upper Priest Lake, Idaho ---.....--- Kootenay Lake, British Columbia, Canada---
.............................................................--- July/August 2009 ---
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This was close to a 3000 mile trip from July 9th 2009 into mid August. Leaving southeast Utah we drove to and sailed Priest Lake in Upper Idaho for 12 days. Then we drove across the Canadian Border and sailed Kootenay Lake in British Columbia for 12 days also. From there we drove to the Bonneville Salt Flats 120 miles west of Salt Lake City near the Utah/Nevada border to help our friend Hooley race his 253 MPH Studebaker. From there we returned home on August 12th. We stayed in the Mac on the road and on the two lakes every night, finally getting a motel room in Wendover, UT at the salt flats. It was a great month for us. We hope you enjoy reading our journal and hopefully some of our experiences will help you at some point.
Ruth and Sumner
Priest Lake, Idaho
1. July 9-11 -- Blanding, Utah to Priest Lake, Idaho
2. July 12-13 -- Reddy Bay -- Priest Lake, Idaho
3. July 14-15 -- Twin Island On Priest & Upper Priest Lake
4. July 16-17 -- Upper Priest Lake & Back To Priest Lake
5. July 18-19 -- Back to Reddy Bay & Then Cavanaugh Bay
6. July 20-21 -- Kailspell Island & Indian Creek Bay
Kootenay Lake in B.C. Canada
1. July 22-23 -- Canada Border Crossing --- First Night on Kootenay Lake
2. July 24-25 -- Sailed a Little and Ran Aground --- Raised Bunks on Trailer
3. July 26 -- Tried Sailing and Big Wind
4. July 27 -- Car Trip To Big Part of Kootenay and Then Into Nelson
5. July 28 -- Sailing to Nelson & Noise in the Night
6. July 29 -- Sailed To Nelson & Motored Back After Bridge Scare
7. July 30 -- A Great Day on the Lake
8. July 31 -- A Midnight Scare & A Trip to Shore
9. Aug. 1 -- A Great Day Sailing East to the Last Narrows Before the "Big Lake"
10. Aug. 2 -- Ruth Goes in the Water & Anchor Near Ferry
11. Aug. 3 -- Sailing to and In the "Big Lake" !!! & Trip Comes to an End