Day 7 β€” Fri, Jun 26 Pacific time

Homestead Conference β€” Day 1

Hayden / Coeur d'Alene area β€” no driving day

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Weather forecast

Fri, Jun 26
Overnight
Hayden, ID
66Β° 55Β°
πŸ’§ 20% Β· 0.02β€³
Forecast via Open-Meteo
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Sunrise, Sunset & Golden Hour

Sunrise
4:50 AM PDT
Sunset
8:50 PM PDT
Be set up by (sunrise)
4:20 AM
Be set up by (sunset)
8:30 PM
Sunrise spot β€” Higgens Point or Tubbs Hill, Coeur d'Alene Lake β€” east-facing sunrise over the water. 20-min drive from Hayden. Very early but peaceful before the conference.
4:50 AM β€” very ambitious, but Coeur d'Alene Lake at dawn is spectacular for an early riser.
Sunset spot β€” Joel Salatin keynote ends 5 PM β€” you have 3+ hrs. Coeur d'Alene City Beach or the resort docks for a lake sunset with mountain silhouette.
Conference ends at 5 PM; the 8:30 PM sunset is very reachable. Head to the lake after dinner.
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Heads Up

Two 9:00 AM and two 10:30 AM sessions overlap β€” split up or pick ahead of time. Same at 3:30 PM.
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Trip Journal β€” Day 7

πŸ‘¨ Jason

πŸ“ Day summary
Memory of the day

Got our bearings at the conference learning about sustainable land/animal use on small homesteads and ate some food truck food, but the big day of sessions for us is tomorrow. After an afternoon nap we headed next door to the indoor water park. Kids had a blast at the splash pad and in the wave pool, and the older two tackled the water slides with great excitement. I enjoyed the hot tub.

Grateful for

So thankful to not be in the car for more than a few minutes.

Notes

πŸ‘© Michelle

πŸ“ Day summary
Memory of the day

Today we deviated from our National Parks tour to attend a 2-day Homesteading Conference in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. We have so much to learn about growing/raising/preserving things along our homesteading journey, so it was such a gift to sit under the tutelage of veterans in the field and grow in our knowledge and have access to resources and be encouraged!!

β€œFor as the rain and the snow come down from heaven and do not return there but water the earth, making it bring forth and sprout, giving seed to the sower and bread to the eater, so shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.”

Isaiah 55:10-11

PS - The kids grew too today - braving water slides and wave pool and water playground at the indoor waterpark connected to our hotel!!

Notes

πŸš‚ Elijah

πŸ“ Day summary
Grateful for

the wave pool and water slides

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“The best part was going to the water park!”

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Notes

πŸ’œ Nevaeh

πŸ“ Day summary
Grateful for

water slides, vendor booths, italian ice

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“Playing at the water park and the homesteading conference!”

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Notes

🏎️ Greyson

πŸ“ Day summary
Grateful for

getting a burger, going to the water park

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“The best part of today was getting ice cream!”

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Notes
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