Saturday, August 22, 2009: We left Bayview today driving north through Sand Point, Idaho. Click here to see the legend printed on the back, my Father is D. He held the photo front and back while I took the photo. The flash was creating a bright spot on the photo. The Farragut State Park Ranger at the gift shop hand carried this photo outside in the sunlight to allow me to photograph it without a flash. Pass your pointer through the photo to the right to see the front view. You can see the head is made of the many faces of the servicemen to pass through this camp. In front of The Brig Museum is this memorial which was dedicated in 2006. These photos can be enlarged by clicking on the photo. The Brig Museum has a barracks setup to show the space each serviceman was given. Over 293,000 servicemen were trained at Farragut Naval Training Center before the end of World War II. The 2' ropes running from tree to tree in the front yard are for the squirrels to walk from one tree to another.Ĭamp Ward was where my Father trained in the spring of 1943.

Click this photo to see a panorama of Penny's deck, Lake Pend Oreille in the distance, Big Blue in the driveway to the left. I'll be posting photos of what we found within the next few days. Then we went to the visitor's center and found my Father's group photo with the men he trained with. We toured the Brig museum to learn about the training and living conditions for the service men.

This is where the Farragut Naval Training Center was built in 1942 to train US Navy personnel. After visiting and starting a load of laundry at Penny's we drove to Farragut State Park at the southern tip of Lake Pend Oreille. This photo is at Penny's house with Lake Pend Oreille in the background. I need to give Big Blue a break so we are in an RV park for a couple of days.įriday, August 21, 2009: Today was a special day for Gwen to spend with her friend Penny. We were going to try to park in her friend's driveway but the road is too steep and turns too sharp. We are here to visit a long-time friend of Gwen's. We are in Bayview, Idaho at the southern end of Lake Pend Oreille, the largest lake in Idaho. Thursday, August 20, 2009: You are right, this doesn't look like boondocking.

Boondock camping