http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com Find things to do in your city! Tue, 17 Feb 2009 07:05:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dear reader, One Thousand Things To-Do is in the process of moving to its new home on new servers. The result will be worth the wait, but in the meantime, please excuse the mess and please don't hesitate to contact us if you see glaring mistakes, omissions, etc. We're here to ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2009/02/04/in-transition/ [caption id="attachment_306" align="alignleft" width="280" caption="Snowshoeing in Sandpoint"][/caption] I have always wanted to try snowshoeing and this year was going to be the year that I tried it. I started shopping around for a set of shoes and remembered my dad had an extra pair. I suggested to him to let me ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2009/01/22/snowshoeing-around-sandpoint/ [caption id="attachment_277" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Eichardts Keg Pull"][/caption] Each year during the winter carnival Eichardt’s holds it’s annual K-9 Keg Pull. This was the first year I had gone, but I have always wanted to go, I just had never made it to the event. The Keg Pull starts at 10am, so ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2009/01/21/eichardt%e2%80%99s-k-9-keg-pull-winter-carnival/ [caption id="attachment_253" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sandpoint"][/caption] I probably go bowling once every five years and this year I amazingly had three opportunities all in the same weekend. As I stepped into the bowling alley I instantly flashed back a few years to when I use to go there during lunch while in highschool to play ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2009/01/19/bowling-fun-in-sandpoint/ [caption id="attachment_210" align="alignleft" width="289" caption="Top of the Quad"][/caption] Every Sunday,minus a few holidays, Schweitzer Mountain Resort offers an AWESOME deal called "Sunday Solutions". The solution is $20 half day lift tickets. My friends and I were ready to go skiing and take advantage of the Sunday Solution. We planned earlier in ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2009/01/14/sunday-solutions-schweitzer-mountain-resort/ As part of the Sandpoint Winter Carnival, the Midwinter Art Fest is the largest art event in the history of Sandpoint winters. With 45 artist, snow golf and volleyball, treats, beverages, and family fun. Sponsored by Dover Bay Waterfront Community and arrainged by Gary Lirette, host of North Idaho Arts & ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2009/01/12/midwinter-art-fest-january-17-18-11am-to-5pm/ This year’s pendulum swing from blizzard to Pineapple express and back again has been a typical North Idaho pattern. We have endured it first with shovels and then with knee-high rubber boots. The good news is, the end of winter is near and the seed starting, gardening season is coming.   Even ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2009/01/12/it%e2%80%99s-winter-%e2%80%93-get-growing-anyway/ [caption id="attachment_148" align="alignleft" width="224" caption="Priest Lake Snowmobile Trails Map "][/caption]I read my horoscope for the day and it said “do not let fear get in the way of trying new things today”. Ironically the day I read this was the day my boyfriend had asked me to go snowmobiling ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2009/01/04/snowmobiling-at-priest-lake/ [caption id="attachment_141" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Christmas Tree Permit"][/caption]Mind you, it isn't that we object to supporting the Christmas tree industry, but our last two farm-grown trees cost us seventy bucks apiece. And there should be more to choosing a tree than coming home from work one afternoon, bundling everyone into the ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/12/01/hunting-christmas-trees-in-sandpoint-idaho/ We've made a lot of changes lately and one of the biggest changes is this - you can now contribute ideas, events, and recaps of your todo's to CoeurdAlene.OneThousandThingsToDo.com! We're turning this community over to you, heck you live here, it's already yours! It's Easy Our contribute form is located here. ... http://sandpoint.onethousandthingstodo.com/2008/11/29/you-can-contribute-to-onethousandthingstodocom/