June 21 & 22 Riding into Colville, Washington

Today we rolled down from Sherman Pass, our highest elevation for the entire trip. It was an 18-mile downhill to a park on Roosevelt Lake near Kettle Falls. This town is unique due to the fact that the whole town was moved in the 1930's when the Grand Cooley Dam was built. The river was going to expand it's banks and become a lake so they either abandoned or moved all the buildings and re-established Kettle Falls just a few miles away.



We spent Saturday and Sunday nights in the home of Steve, Wendy, Jake & Asher Kenney. They told us how every Spring the water level of Lake Roosevelt is allowed to get very low in order to make room for the water that comes off the mountains in the Spring Thaw. When they do this, there is a brief period of time when people can visit the site of the old Kettle Falls and see where the streets, building foundations, etc. were. Very unusual!



We had a great time with the Kenneys. Very soon after we arrived in their home we feasted on a dinner which included freshly smoked chicken. The meal was delicious and we had a great time Saturday and Sunday just getting to know our new friends. Steve operates a 73,000 ton machine that harvests trees to be used for lumber. Wendy is a teacher in Kettle Falls. It was very cool learning about the lumbering industry from a very hands on perspective. We also enjoyed hearing about what it's like to be a public school teacher in the Northwest.

We enjoyed the worship service at The Colville United Church of Christ with the Kenneys on Sunday morning and had lunch at the church with our team. Tim O'Hare and John Duncan left the trip at this point. John will be riding with us the last two weeks to the ocean but it looks like Tim may not be able to re-join us.

Sunday night we sat around the kitchen eating pizza & ice cream and telling stories. Jake and Asher were a lot of fun as well. Zack showed them how to take fun pictures with his phone and we had a lot of laughs as they took pictures of their dad, each other and us.

Thanks Steve, Wendy, Jake & Asher for taking such good care of us while we were in Colville.

Dan