The down town district is about three blocks long. There is the lumber mill and the school and that is about it. Leaving town you climb up a long grade, cross the flats at the top and then drop into another valley following a curvy, steep two lane highway into Kendrick. By our observation Kendrick looks a bit bigger then Troy but that is because the main street is the only street you see making the town long and thin, the opposite of what we could see of Troy. Troy is about twice the size of Kendrick. 
Once you make your way past the commercial zone you exit the city, turn right and head up another very steep grade following Nez Perce Highway P1. We put the truck in tow haul for this climb, and the Dodge made her just fine. Back on top we traveled through wheat and blue grass fields, amazed of the vast farmland that surrounded us. I would have never guessed that there would be so much farming up on these ridges.
We made one final decent into the Freeman Creek Campground on the Dworshak Reservoir. It was the steepest yet! I geared down and we crawled around switchback after switchback. We arrived and found our spot, #13. Once again we were very lucky. #13 sits a bit to the north of the no hook-up camp area. It is the best site there because there is shade and it is away from
most of the other campsites. Now I am not saying that it is private, but of the no hook-up sites we felt this on to be the best.Freeman Creek Campground is divided into three areas; the no hook-up area sits up above the lake overlooking the swimming area and playground. The hook-up area sits north of our area and is packed with campers. This area must fill up with longer term vacationers because the setups there were very elaborate. Finally at the end of it all is the tent camping area.
The tents area is real nice because almost all the sites are close to the water, or at least looking over it with a great view. We walked the entire area after dinner on Friday night. Kobi is beginning to get the hang of being on lead and walking with us. I think he is going to be a great dog some day; we just have to let him grow up.
Saturday morning Linda rode her bike on the trainer while I slept in. This is our little routine and I have gotten real good at the sleeping in part. When I finally get up I make coffee and get Kobi up. It takes a bit of persuading but in the end Kobi usually decides that it is in his best interest to get up and out of his crate. He rolls out of the truck and jogs around to the water bowl, drinks, looks for some food and then goes and pees.
Our day consisted of sleeping, playing fetch, going to the lake and playing fetch, eating, sleeping and then going for the nightly walk around camp. It was pretty hot today, in the 90’s, so we sat in the shade and honestly slept most of the day.
Kobi has started taking to this camping thing, he really likes the whole routine. We watched him quite a bit this weekend. We have been trying to figure him out. He is very smart and picks up everything we try and do in our training. Up until this weekend he seemed a bit distant to Linda and I. That is changing each day we are with him. We notices that he has started to come up to us while we sit and put his head in our lap, which makes Linda feel much better about our pup. Some times Kobi will just sit and watch everything around him. He looks mesmerized with a blank stare; I think he is just trying to take in so much that he gets lost in puppy thoughts. It’s interesting to watch and try to figure out what he is thinking.
On Sunday we packed up and headed back. The trip to Moscow took an hour and a half, with no problems. We visited Linda’s parents and picked up the Jeep. Then cruised back to Cd’A and did some shopping for the July 4th trip.
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