Skiing, Golfing, Boating, Oh My! skiSchweitzer's Got You Covered This Memorial Day Weekend - Day One

There's a lot of things you could be doing this Memorial Day Weekend. But if you're like most people in the Inland Northwest, you're probably planning on golfing, barbecuing, and/or spending a day out on Lake Coeur d'Alene. If you want to do something really fun, however, why not try doing all this and more in one weekend?

Saturday, May 23, 2009

6:30 AM: You're going to get an early start, or you're going to be out of luck. Spokanites and Sandpoint-residents will want to get up early and be out the door no later than 6:30. Coeur d'Alene residents can probably sleep in until about 7. You're starting your weekend off right with Silver Mountain -- just make sure you pack shorts and a t-shirt. Silver (silvermt.com) will open 17 runs and two chairlifts at 7:30, so you want to be prompt. Once you arrive, grab your gear and pick up a breakfast burrito in the Gondola Village.

7:30 AM: Get in the Gondola. Now. WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? pie Skiing awaits, and it's twenty minutes up the mountain.

2:30 PM: Stop skiing. No, it's not that you want to, but the mountain will close at 2:30 to preserve snow for skiers on Sunday. Go down the gondola, get in your car and start driving toward Coeur d'Alene.

3:25 PM: Hopefully you skipped lunch, because you're going to the best hamburgers in the Inland Northwest at Hudson's (207 E Sherman, CDA). Grab a bite and walk around the town as you wait for your tee time at Trailhead in Liberty Lake. You'll be back soon enough.

4:30 PM: Arrive at Trailhead (located here and actually near the site of a lost ski resort, by the way) with your clubs ready. Play nine holes, then drive home to Spokane, or wherever (sorry people of Idaho and elsewhere, but most readers live here).

8:00 PM: Barbecue at your home in Spokane, or wherever. Mmm, burgers, fries, and potato salad. What's not to love?