Bits and Pieces - Another Summer Has Passed

We are wrapping up our summer here at Farragut State Park in Idaho and had some additional pictures.

 

In June the state park offered a free class called "Intro to Disc Golf". We thought that would be a great way to learn the basics, since we had never tried this sport. We learned that the disc is thrown differently than a normal Frisbee. The rules, however, are similar to golf.

Kurt getting private lesson.

This baby Dark-Eyed Junco jumped
out of his nest in the courtyard of the Brig.

One day in July we visited the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center in the small town of Sagle, ID. This museum has a rare collection of restored vintage flying aircraft. Dr. Forrest Bird, who pioneered the medical respiratory industry, initiated the museum. Flying and collecting planes were his passion.



Staggerwing Aircraft

Some of The Large Collection

About 60 miles west of here and north of Mt. Spokane, is a small farming community called Greenbluff, Washington. There are numerous orchards filled with cherries, peaches, apples, and pears. In July, we picked our own Rainer Cherries. We also picked up some early peaches. We loved the peaches so much, we drove back a week later to purchase a case of Coral Star Peaches. We have been out to the orchards three times now, with our last visit buying a case of apples and another case of peaches.

We were eating them as we picked them.

The cherries were at the end of the season,
but still managed to find some good ones.



August 21 was the date of the Solar Eclipse. Here in the north Idaho, we got to enjoy 92% coverage.

On one of our days off we took a tour of the Buck Knife Factory. Hoyt Buck was looking for a better way to temper steel so it would hold an edge longer. His unique approach produced the first Buck Knife in 1902. Hoyt made each knife by hand, using worn-out file blades as raw material. The factory is now run by the fourth generation.

Located right here in Post Falls, Idaho

Display of the specialty knives
in the Buck Museum.

Here we are at our desk in the
Museum at the Brig.
We have enjoyed our summer here
and look forward to coming back next year.