Travels with Walter: Points North and East

Walter

Walter and I have been out and about quite a bit the last few weeks. Nancy's friend Fabiola was here visiting from Guadalajara, Mexico and we had a lot of fun taking her around to some cool places around here.

We went on a little camping trip to the North Fork of the Coeur d' Alene River for a couple of nights, a nice stroll on Mt. Spokane, and today I went by myself to the Idaho/Montana border to ride the Hiawatha trail.

Not much to tell other than we had a good time together. We did a lot of laughing on our camping trip. Walter and his sister Lily went with us and they had a nice time. We camped right on the river with a little trail from our camping spot down to the edge of the water. We went to Fern and Shadow Falls and tried to get to a wonderful old growth forest but the recent flooding had taken out a couple of bridges on the road. On the way home we drove over Thompson Pass into Montana so that Fabiola could add another state to her list. I had never driven over the pass before and it was pretty cool. There was still quite a bit of snow in places. All in all, a good time has been had by all.

Mt. Spokane still with a little snow on top

Damaged portion of trail on Mt. Spokane...we had a really wet spring

Lake Coeur d' Alene at Wolf Lodge Bay

Our little spot of river

Our campsite

One of the waterfalls...not sure which is which

The waterfall

Fabiola in the snow

Look close...an elk carcass down in a ravine

A pretty mountain

Thompson Pass

A shot taken while we were just driving around

Fabiola at the upper waterfall

The Spokane River

The west side of the Taft tunnel on the Hiawatha trail...the tunnel is about a mile and a half long...gotta have lights. Tons of water flowing through and dripping down from the mountain above.