Last weekend Ben’s sister Beth came to visit. We decided to take a road trip to Northern Idaho, an area that Ben and I hadn’t yet explored. There’s a popular destination called Coeur d’Alene which is on a lake in a mountainous area. Also we heard about a cool rails-to-trails bike trail that we were really excited to try out.
We drove 7-hours Friday night and Saturday morning to get to Coeur d’Alene. The drive was long, but really pretty – windy mountain roads, rivers and canyons, golden-colored wheat fields, and small towns. After arriving, we had the afternoon in Coeur d’Alene, so we took out the kite to take some photos… you can see a few of those in Ben’s last post. Here’s another good one, and also a photo of our reward after a long day of driving and kite-flying.
Later that evening we hiked around Tubbs Hill, a hill near downtown Coeur d’Alene which juts out into the lake
Sunday we had a full day in Coeur d’Alene and we wanted to see more of the lake. So we rented Kayaks in the morning and paddled around. We didn’t get very far – it was windy and the water was pretty choppy, plus it turns out that kayaking is tiring! But we found a cute little beach to park at and eat lunch. Here’s some photos from that adventure.
Later that evening we drove a scenic road around part of the lake, looking for something fun to do and photo opportunities. At one pull-off, we found a beach full of perfect skipping rocks and we couldn’t resist…
At another pull-off we noticed a nice breeze… so we sent our kite up towing the camera. If you haven’t flown a kite since you were a kid, I suggest trying it sometime. It’s surprisingly fun! The sun was low in the sky, so we got some pretty sky photos too.
We were also lucky to catch a beautiful sunset over the lake that night.
I’ll post about the rest of the trip soon – including photos from our bike ride!
-Alonna