7/19/2017
woke up early to catch up on the blog, but ended up taking about 30 minutes to write and 3 hours for others. it was a long, boring, and unproductive wait. we left Wellpinit at about high-noon to travel to Walmart in Spokane to stock up on food, and stuff. We was there for about 2 hours, and had to find Wi-Fi to upload someone's abstract. we then traveled to Cour D'Alene to Lake Cour D'Alene. we was greeted with a feast, it was a new experience since I have never been here with no knowledge of their culture. The feast had fish that was cooked on a stick over the fire, it was delicious. there was elk that was cooked in the ground for 3 days as a whole leg. it seemed a little dry but still really good, never had anything like it. then they had cous, which is a bitter root, and they also made moss into a pudding, it was a weird consistency yet addicting. after dinner, there was a family that made their first canoe, so there was a blessing and song for it. the song was amazing, never heard a traditional song with so complex. that's about it for the day.




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