On Wednesday, July 24, we drove West over a mountain range, to Thompson Falls, Montana near the border with Idaho. It was a nice small town on the Clark Fork River, with a pretty park on an island in the river. There was a wooden plank bridge out to the island that I was uncomfortable crossing because I kept catching my feet in between the planks. We met several very friendly people there, then went back into the town and ate vegan pizza at a picnic table on the sidewalk in front of a pizzeria in the center of the village.
On Thursday, July 25th, we drove 3 hours over more mountains to Idaho. The time changed back another hour which means we are in Pacific Time now, 3 hours behind all of our friends back in Rochester, NY. We arrived at Cour d'Alene, Idaho in the afternoon, a nice small city on the shore of a beautiful glacial lake named Cour d'Alene (core-de-lain) in northern Idaho.
On Friday, July 26th we drove further North on up to Sandpoint, Idaho on the shore of beautiful Lake Pend Oreille (pen-do-ray) in northern Idaho. We walked around the town, had lunch at a restaurant that had outside seating that was a converted bridge over a river that used to be part of the Main Street. Then we went into a bookstore that had a sign inviting dogs in, where I met a very smart lady. She was so smart it only took me about 1 minute to teach her how to give me a puppy treat. Just to be sure she had learned her lesson correctly I instructed her to give another one, which she did, while she chatted with my Mom and Dad.
After that, we drove over to the other side of the lake to Hope, Idaho. We turned off the main road onto a dirt road, then up a very steep road to the top of a mountain where or new home will be for the next six days. Below are some pictures of this beautiful, but very remote log house we are staying in.
They even have bears guarding the stairway. I'm not sure if I should go up there?
Well, enough for now. Tomorrow is my Mom's birthday, I'm so excited.😉
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