Monday, June 18, 2012

MOSTLY IDAHO

We left Manson after doing some work on our house and visiting with Jim’s brother for 2 weeks, we stayed at the Mill Bay Casino at night, they offer 8 campsites with free power. The weather was good, we did have two trips to Wenatchee  where we took advantage of the great bike path along the river. Great 12 mile loop! We headed out for a trip through Idaho, based a lot on bike trails we want to ride. Unfortunately the weather sucked! It just kept raining. We stopped in Spokane at the Elks. We did get one 18 mile bike ride in on a cold sunny morning along the Centennial Trail.  And Jim found a community center to play pickleball  a few days. We finally decided to go south towards Boise as that was where the sun was shining. We headed  south  stopping in Lewiston & Clarkston  ahhhh the sun was shining!!!
P1030755P1030759P1030760P1030763On the Lewiston side of  the  Snake and Clearwater Rivers is a fantastic 11 mile ride(one way).

Further south

We went south Hwy  129 th  then Hwy 3 out of Clarkston . This is a fantastically beautiful drive. I've heard it's referred to as the Rattlesnake Hwy. I quess I see why. No problem in our 25 ft. camper, but would not want to take a big rig.

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Joseph WA


UntitledJoseph sits in the north east corner of Oregon. We had heard about this little town at Wallowa Lake from good friends Laurie and Odel. It just intrigued us so after many years we have finally arrived.  They weren’t exaggerating. The town is charming, a nice mix of not too many gift stores, several art galleries, quite a few restaurants. Walking down the street one can’t help but be impressed with the many bronze statues on every corner.  
P1030818P1030821P1030823Wallowa Lake a scenic glacial lake. At the south end sits a year round  State Park with 121 full hookup sites. It’s a full service park  with yurts, showers, laundry  etc. Surrounding the park our 3 private RV parks, some cabins, water bumper cars for the little kids, horse back riding, and a tram that takes you up 8000 ft. 

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