Quite possibly the highlight of our experience in Sandpoint was having the opportunity to show my brother the world we've been living in for the past 3 months. He took the train on Wednesday, and we were ready and waiting to pick him up early Thanksgiving morning.
We spent Thanksgiving relaxing and spending some time with Kara's family. It was great to celebrate the holiday with family and we had a great time. Friday morning, Kara worked for a few hours, and I was able to bring Nathan to my favorite coffee shop, Monarch Mountain Coffee. It has a great atmosphere; mismatched chairs and tables that just invite you to relax, a full wall mural of a cobblestone downtown at night, great music, good food, and they roast their own coffee. We'd encourage anyone to stop in if you're ever in the neighborhood. After Kara got off work, we spent time showing him around Sandpoint, went back up to Schweitzer, and then hit the town that night checking out some great live music and food.
We saved the best for Saturday, and decided to check out the mountain action on Schweitzer's opening weekend. It was incredible. Kara skiied, and my brother and I snowboarded. Millions of snowflakes were falling in slow motion all afternoon. The energy on the mountain completely changes one the ski resort is open, and it was great to be able to experience that before we left. None of us are pros at any snow sport, but we felt more and more comfortable as the day went on. We all agreed that we could really get into it if we ever lived near a ski resort.
You know how they say 'Time flies when you're having fun'? That definitely was the case here. Before we knew it, we were getting ready to bring Nathan back to the train station to hop his ride back to Nodak. We spent Saturday night relaxing and having fun, as well as getting a jump start on planning more fun trips as we travel from place to place. Both Kara and I couldn't have asked for a better weekend. I know having my brother here made Kara miss her family as well, and we hope that they are able to visit us along the way as we travel too. All in all, it was an incredible weekend!
