Tour.

This is the bed where I've been sleeping. The three clocks in the room are typically not set correctly or have dead batteries, so I never know exactly what time it is. I wake up when I please. It's nice.

This is the view from the bed where I've been sleeping. I keep the window open & listen to the water lapping against the shore. Or to the wakeboarders going by far too early in the morning.

This is the deck that my dad (smartly) designed to be extra-large.

This is the view from the deck.

This is Elkin's.

This is where we eat for special occasions, because for some reason, they charge New York City prices for (delicious) North Idaho meals. Did you know that huckleberries can go on anything? They can. Salmon. Mushrooms. Cheesecake.

This is my pretty mother on our way to Elkins.

This is Danner, Katie's successor.

This is my dad (picking huckleberries).

This is Danner & my dad going for a little swim. The temperature of the lake is refreshing, as they say around here. Refreshing = freezing cold in North Idaho speak.

This is the sunken ship that we used to play on when we were little.

This is the view on the way home from the sunken ship (at Mosquito Bay).

This is one of the many pieces of moose decor we have around the cabin. Can your family readily identify moose poop vs. deer poop vs. bear poop? Mine can.

This is the fire pit that my dad built with his own hands (& has subsequently had two hip replacement surgeries). This is where Mike asked me to marry him, & where I said yes - about a thousand times.

*I started & finished The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society yesterday. A nice, fast read written in a very interesting style. Made me want to travel to the Channel Islands someday soon.