{"id":384037,"date":"2007-09-02T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2007-09-03T01:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2007\/09\/02\/visit-with-grandma-margaret-and-grandpa-randy\/"},"modified":"2007-09-02T17:34:00","modified_gmt":"2007-09-03T01:34:00","slug":"visit-with-grandma-margaret-and-grandpa-randy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centerdeep2.com\/riverbendprep\/2007\/09\/02\/visit-with-grandma-margaret-and-grandpa-randy\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit with Grandma Margaret and Grandpa Randy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We drove to Sagle, Idaho (near Sandpoint) to visit Grandma Margaret and Grandpa Randy for a weekend.&nbsp; It takes about six hours, and the boys were wonderful passengers.<\/p>\n<p>We visited a place called <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wolfpeople.com\/\">&#8216;Wolf People&#8217; <\/a> in Cocolalla, Idaho.&nbsp; They have a pack of wolves that stay in a compund near their store.&nbsp; They bring a few at a time to the store so people can see the wolves up close.&nbsp; Here is one of the adults and some of the cubs.&nbsp; <br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1391\/1306868072_6c448097d9.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1432\/1306869064_dcc44a41f7.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nHere are the boy dipping their feet in Lake Cocolalla.&nbsp; The boys preferred to call it &#8216;Lake Apple Juice&#8217; because that&#8217;s what it looked like to them&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1166\/1305987255_6807039907.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nBack at Grandma and Grandpa&#8217;s house&#8230;<br \/>\nI asked &#8216;A&#8217; to get his shoes.&nbsp; He comes back after a few seconds and said he was afraid of a bug on the door and could I come and help him.&nbsp; I went to the screen door, and saw this:<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1096\/1305987909_d5eea4f071.jpg\" \/>Just as I was about to tell &#8216;A&#8217; not to be afraid, we hear a big buzzing sound by the window (very close to &#8216;A&#8217;).&nbsp; &#8216;A&#8217; lets out a huge scream and goes running back to the part of the house where DH and Grandma were.&nbsp; I looked and saw THE BIGGEST DRAGONFLY EVER!!!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1178\/1305989083_7e108274c4.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1015\/1306871166_0c5a211f90.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I managed to get &#8216;A&#8217; back into the room and help me move the&nbsp;dragonfly outside.&nbsp; We (the adults) tried not to laugh because &#8216;A&#8217; was so traumatized, but it was pretty funny.&nbsp; He is such a &quot;city boy&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Shucking corn grom Grandpa&#8217;s garden&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1300\/1306872394_b345987b7f.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\nA shot of their five acres&#8230;\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1054\/1305990449_eef0848b1a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nThe boys,&nbsp;with the produce they picked from the garden&#8230;(Did you know that cucumbers actually have little&nbsp;&#8216;spiny whiskers&#8217;&nbsp;that you wipe off?)<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1347\/1306873812_33b31f456a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1268\/1305991781_d257a7ac0d.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nA lovely salmon dinner on the deck&#8230;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1051\/1305992511_d378da430c.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nGrandpa playing the white wolf!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1177\/1306876040_cf0314c680.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nOne of the major highlights for the boys was getting to ride on Grandpa&#8217;s tractor!<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1323\/1306876638_27364706eb.jpg\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1288\/1305994411_b20c58aa49.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n&#8216;A&#8217; said:&nbsp; &quot;Look, mom, now I am a real tractor driver!&quot;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1203\/1306878634_b1849b5095.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove to Sagle, Idaho (near Sandpoint) to visit Grandma Margaret and Grandpa Randy for a weekend.&nbsp; It takes about six hours, and the boys were wonderful passengers. 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