August 5

Whew - we were so glad today to get into Idaho where we could see trees and various shades of green; three days of beige desert was getting depressing. Stopped in Coeur D'Alene, Idaho to check out the bike shop then on to Sandpoint for lunch. What an interesting place - we saw more people in Sandpoint than we have seen since we left home. It's a happening place! An interesting place was the Cedar Street Bridge Mall which was a bridge across Lake Pend Oreille that was actually an enclosed mall with many shops and restaurants. Of course, we had to have lunch in MickDuff's Brewing Company and try a brand new dish - criss-cut garlic gorgonzola cheese fries.

After lunch we meandered up Hwy 95 into Canada and stopped at the Moyie Lake Provincial Park. The campground was full and boy, was it a terrific place to camp. Each site had a lot of space around it and was in a forest - you would definitely feel you were on your own far away from everyone. As we drove up the highway we commented that the scenery we were looking at was exactly what you would expect if you said "British Columbia." Takes me back to my childhood and growing up in northern BC.

We stopped for the night at the Mount Baker RV Park in downtown Cranbook, BC. After happy hour we decided to wander downtown to find a restaurant for dinner - NOT. Downtown closes at 5 pm but we were able to find a pub in a hotel where we got a sandwich. There were two people in the pub and we saw no-one in the streets - a close #2 Twilight Zone town. Can't imagine why everything closes at 5 pm.

Miles driven = 255.4 miles