We’re visiting the Coeur D’Alene area and took a drive up to Sandpoint, on the Pend Oreille lake.  My mom and dad met in Sandpoint during WWII at the USO club in Sandpoint when my dad was stationed nearby at the Farragut Naval Training Center.  The Farragut Naval Training Center was closed after WWII and is now a state park with lots of camping and lakefront beaches.  It also includes a museum of the training center located at what used to be the brig.  It’s the only building left from the WWII days.

• My parent had a framed photograph of the lake and while we were there we found what I believe is the location of that photograph.  It’s somewhat different now, but we took a picture and I’ve attached the original photograph and the one we took.

We drove through Sandpoint as well and were told that the building that used to be the USO is now the Community Hall.  We couldn’t go in as it was locked, but we took a picture of the outside.  I also attached a picture of the USO building as it looked in 1943 – taken from this website: http://www.sandpoint.com/oldphotos/oldphotos49.asp

It was very interesting to visit the area where my parents met so long ago!