Another 400 miles driving and we made it to Coeur d’Alene, Idaho to a Holiday Inn Express. We stay at Holiday Inn Express a lot when we travel because rooms are always nice, good free breakfast, internet accesss, exercise room, and usually an indoor pool for my three kids. Lenie always finds a good price through the internet or in travel coupons she finds at rest stops.

Watched the Deadliest Catch on the Disovery Channel to relax after driving all day. It’s about crab fishermen in the Bering Sea off Alaska. If I wasn’t a publisher, I always thought I’d be a commecial fisherman. But crabbing sure looks super hard, freezing, and dangeous work. They make more money than me though. My boys and I went fishing on my boat a few days before we left on this trip. We caught nine big blacks (black rock fish), which taste good if you bleed them out properly by cutting their throat or gills.

Preliminary copies of the new issue–No. 106, July/August 2007–came in just before we left. They’re being shipped to subscribers now and some of the articles will make it to the website a couple of weeks after that. We always reward the paid subscribers by sending them their print issue two weeks before any of the articles go online. It’s a strong issue, with the right mix of building, gardening, food, and commentary.

Today we’ll drive through Montana and into North Dakota. The goal is Duluth, Minnesota to visit Lenie’s relatives before we head down to Custer, Wisconsin for the Enegy Show June 13.