Moving to Priest River, ID

So we began a new year in a new place, at least it is new to me. Charles actually grew up in Priest River throughout his teenage years. I have been here a few times throughout our marriage so I know a little of the area but no where near like I will now. We are invited by his grandma to come live with her as we get out of debt. We drove up on December 31, 2008 and unloaded the truck on the 1st of January. The trip up here was not my most favorite because of the roads. Around Missoula, Montana we found snow and the roads were not so great. The last mountain pass we went through was dry and we were all very thankful for that. It was a long drive, especially when we drove both cars up on our own and Charles' dad drove the truck up with all of our stuff in it. So for 12 hours we were in our own vehicle hoping for nice roads to drive on.

These pictures show the beauty that we saw on the way up to Priest River. We were very happy to make it by 8pm and then we were off to a New Year's Eve party with his family. We stayed up til the ball dropped at midnight and we even played games for the entire night. We were very tired and grateful to be there safely. We had help to unload the truck the next morning. Then we had to unpack things and decide where to put things to make the downstairs our new home.