Chapter Three:

McCall and Beyond

or

Drive, Drive Again!

Before spending the night at the camp, Danny and I got to spend the day in McCall. It was nice, kind of our first opportunity to hang out and really feel like we were on vacation!

As you can see McCall is a beautiful city on a lake, and we are told there's good hunting, fishing skiing/snowboarding, white water rafting...the list goes on and on!

The town is quaint, with a touch of tourism (okay, maybe more than a touch). We like that area, however finding a job might be difficult. (We would like to work at camps part-time to begin with, so we need jobs that will give us summers off, so maybe a ski resort?...)

After McCall we (Mary and I in the 4-Runner, Danny and James in the Honda!) drove, again. Driving looks different on paper than in real life! It wasn't all that bad, but it was a crazy trip. The new company kinda broke things up for us and was greatly appreciated, plus it's always good to see old friends! I think that most of the cities in N. Idaho are on lakes.

Sandpoint is no exception. In fact the camp we looked at there was also on a lake. It is in the city of Cocolalla, on Lake Cocolalla and it's called, you guessed it Camp Cocolalla! (It's really fun to say Cocolalla, it seems like Dr. Suess named it--I actually believe it's Native American)

Camp Cocolalla is on about 11 acres, they have a big waterslide into the lake, a fort and a gym! They are a year-round camp, and it seems very busy. It's also in one of the prettiest settings I've ever seen.