July 15 , 2009 ~ NORTHERN IDAHO
I’m posting our Idaho trips a little out of order, but as I mentioned in the May 18 post, I wanted to wait until we had seen more of Idaho. At the beginning of May, we took a drive over to Priest Lake. It’s a beautiful drive and a picturesque lake. All of Northern Idaho is easily accessed from our home base, and the panhandle is about 45 miles across from Washington to Montana. At the end of May we took another portion of the Selkirk Loop which took us out through Priest River, Sandpoint, past Lake Pend Oreille and through the tiny town of Clark Fork where we stopped for lunch. As we continued over this scenic byway, we crossed into Montana and stopped to look at the Cabinet Gorge Dam. We headed north past Ross Creek Cedars and then west through Troy, MT along the Kootenai River, experiencing some beautiful Montana scenery. I wish my images from these trips portrayed the beauty we encountered. On June 5th, we were on our way back from our Glacier trip (Glacier will be in the next post) traveling west on I-90 from Montana into Idaho through the Bitterroot Mountains. We happened upon the little town of Wallace, a quaint old mining community listed on the National Historic Register, where bordellos were a way of life as recently as 20 years ago. Wallace, Silverton, Osburn and Kellogg are part of the "Silver Valley", the silver capital of the world. Several mines still exist, opening and closing depending upon the price of silver. We were intrigued by the 1313 Club-Historic Saloon & Grill. "1313" has a special meaning to us, but if I tell you anymore, I’ll have to kill you! We decided it would be a good place to have a drink and dinner before heading back to our comfortable room at The Wallace Inn. We love exploring these historic little towns – and its even more fun when you come across them unexpectedly. The images from these trips are in the "N. Idaho May-June 09" album.
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