Saturday Slight

Had some nice visitors this week, both human and winged.

Jim and Laurie are up here from Arizona for the week.

They're SHS Class of 1982 grads, and they come to Sandpoint several times a year.

 I took them to some nice hiking spots, and we enjoyed "yum-yum" desserts and coffee at the Pack River General Store. 

The afternoon spent with them was exilarating and especially fun, showing them around new recreational spots near their hometown. 

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For Christmas, Irene, who's my daughter-in-law Debbie's mom from Boise, sent us a beautiful cranberry-filled ring to add to our bird-feeding smorgasboard outside the living room window.

Yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. Woodpecker came to have their breakfast, and I was able to snap a few photos while they grabbed bites.  

There must be something about the pecking order of woodpecker couples, cuz we noticed that they rarely came to eat at the same time.

Nonetheless, we enjoyed watching them while visiting with Debbie. 

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Speaking of eating meals, I guess I'll blame it on an almost-empty bottle of A-1 sauce.

Willie had a Philly cheesesteak sandwich last night at Slate's Restaurant and asked for A-1 sauce.

The server brought a bottle and announced it was the last one in the restaurant and that it had just a few drops left inside.

We joked about the situation but were not joking a second or two later when she informed us that Slate's is closing in a couple of weeks.

The business has been sold to the Bonners Ferry man who ran the restaurant out at Hope---iz it called Lou's?  Not sure on the name cuz we've never made it there yet.

We were sad to learn that Steve Coffman has decided to hang it up.  

Slate's has been a wonderful place to enjoy a meal, and we'll miss seeing Steve greeting us at the door.

We're hoping the new owners can rise to Steve's level of quality for putting out great food and wonderful service. 

Best wishes, Steve.  Slate's has been one of our family institutions, to say the least. 

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It's ZAGS day again.  Tonight they play Santa Clara in the McArthey Athletic Center, and we've learned from reports that they may have to put up a more intense fight than their first two league games. 

Willie will head to Moscow today with the Sandpoint Bulldogs junior varsity.

His team split this week's games, losing the first in overtime but winning the second convincingly. 

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Not a whole lot of other stuff happening this morning.  It's quiet and gray, but I'm looking at yet another wonderful weather forecast for the week ahead.

So, the beat goes on for getting out and enjoying the semi-spring-like weather.

I think I'll brush and clip some horses today.

Happy Saturday to all.