11 POBR 2017 …. ( TRAVEL AND ARRIVAL AT COEUR D' ALENE INDIAN RESERVATION)



NOT A WHOLE LOT OF TRAFFIC,,, SEEN A FEW VANS GO BY … THE TRAVELING FROM WELLPINIT WAS OK, NOT FAR WHATSOEVER IN COMPARISON TO PREVIOUS DRIVES. THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR LAST STOP ON OUR INFAMOUS TRIP ACROSS PACIFIC NORTHWEST INDIGENOUS TERRITORIES; MY LORD IT MAKES ME HAPPY AND SAD TO COME TO OUR LAST DESTINATION, BUT I FEEL PROUD TO HAVE LANDED SAFELY ONCE AGAIN,,,,THE PEOPLE INVITED THE CREW OF THE POBR CLASS OF 2017 TO A TRADITIONAL FEAST IN HONOR OF THEIR DEPARTURE FROM ONE OF THREE TRADITIONAL LANDINGS OF THE COEUR D' ALENE BANDS OF LONG AGO WHICH WILL COMMENCE AT 930-10AM TOMORROW ( THURSDAY) FROM OUR CAMPSITE.. THE BROTHER CAJ , THAT'S HOW I WOULD SPELL IT....LOL... A GOOD MAN, VERY WELCOMING AND DELIGHTFUL TO TALK TO FOR SURE; HAD A FEW GOOD WORDS FOR MYSELF AND MY PARTNER CRISTY FIANDER,,, IT SEEMS CRISTY AND I CLICK VERY WELL TO THE LOCALS FROM EVERY REZ..... WE GOT THE LINGO DWN AND NATIVE LINGO IS A LANGUAGE THAT CAN NOT BE TAUGHT IN A CLASS...LOL... WE HAVE I BELIEVE A WAY WITH PEOPLE THAT RADIATES GOOD FEELINGS AS WELL.. WE SHARE THAT WITH ALL WHO RECOGNIZE.

THE SALMON,,, WHICH I HAVE COME TO BELIEVE WAS KOKANEE (NOT SURE THO) WAS A NEW TREAT AND MIXED WELL AS A COMBO WITH THE KOONCH (MOSS) I WAS VERY SURPRISED THAT THE LOCALS HAD WATCHED FIRE AND COOKED NOT ONLY THE DEER AND ELK UNDERGROUND, BUT COOKED THE SALMON OVER AN OPEN FIRE... I THOUGHT IT WAS SUPER AWESOME TO SEE THE LIVING CULTURE AS SOON AS WE LANDED HERE AT THE LAKE CAMPING SITE.... I WAS VERY PLEASED... VERY PLEASED.... WE BLESSED OURSELVES WITH THE CEDAR OFFERED BY THE PRAYER SPOKESPERSON WHO WAS OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CHURCH FAMILY....REALLY VERY RESPECTFULLY CLEANED AND BRUSHED MYSELF OFF WITH THE SWEET AND SACRED SMOKE OF THE CEDAR AND ASH... GOOD NIGHT.

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