We got up and it was cold. It was definitely on the 30s, which we were not expecting. We tried to keep warm by packing up and making breakfast. After breakfast we all rode our bikes on the nature trail, finished packing up and headed toward Gardiner, MT. Before we got to Gardiner, we had to stop at Belgrade, MT, at the ACE Hardware to get propane for our camp stove and then to a blacksmith shop Matt, Liam and Seth follow on YouTube. Liam wrote them a letter on ...

I got up first and made breakfast and we all started packing up and cleaning. We left the Airbnb at 10 am and headed northeast toward Montana. The drive through Idaho was amazing. We followed a river most of the time through Payette National Forest and Nez Perce - Clearwater National Forest. The Lochsa River was so clear I could see the bottom and the ponderosa pine and aspen trees with large boulders made the scenery very difficult to leave. Before leaving Id...

We woke up, ate breakfast and started cleaning up and packing. Matt worked and the boys and I finished reading, "A Diamond in the Desert." We brought the chairs out to the driveway and sat in the sunshine like we did in the past few days. The boys liked the book so much they asked me to read it again to them. Once Matt stopped working, Liam and him went on a mountain bike ride while Seth and I fixed dinner and relaxed. Once Matt got back I went to the grocery st...

Matt worked and the boys and I had breakfast and lunch at the house. We continued to read outside and enjoyed the sunshine. The boys also enjoyed riding their bikes around the block. After Matt got off work we rode our bikes into town. We stopped at the post office to get postcard stamps and then we continued our ride out to the North Valley Rail Trail. We took the trail to the end, which was about 5 miles into the country, and then turned around and rode back i...

Today we took it easy. I fixed breakfast and lunch at the house while Matt worked. I read the book, "A Diamond in the Desert," to the boys. We read outside in the sunshine. We really enjoy the book and it is a fast great read aloud. The boys also rode their bikes around the block since I can see them the entire time. Once Matt got off of work we rode our bikes to town and looked at the lake and shops. When we got back I grilled chicken on the outside grill while...