Been here in Sandpoint since Saturday night. Today (monday) was the first day of my roasting seminar at Diedrich Roasters. Learned the theory of developing and maintaining roaster temperature/time profiles. Tomorrow will be roasting and cupping several batches of coffee.
Wednesday we’ll drive to Montana for the second half of the trip, which will include snow-shoeing, learning how to mush dog-sleds, and cross-country skiing. We’ll be back in Seattle something like Saturday night I guess.
For a small town, Sandpoint is way, way better than other small shitty towns we’ve stayed in (Alice Springs and various Cootervilles across the Nevada/Arizona/California). Had a nice bottle of Italian from Valpolicella tonight. Last night drank a bunch of bears and apple pie at a local dinner.
Posted on a flickr are a number of photos from my house, mid-construction. All the workers left for Chinese New Year, and the photos aren’t very good, but give some idea of the cabinetry and final build-out of the room. My internet connection isn’t very good here, so I am having some problems ordering and cleaningup up many of the photos.
http://flickr.com/photos/karavshin/sets/72157603850464619/
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drinking “bears” you are “Manly Men” !!!
Glad you like the place. The view of the lake and town was very nice.