Tuesday, July 12,
2016
Our drive from Grangeville to Coeur d”Alene is a pleasant
one if not always a speedy one since Highway 95 takes you through numerous
small and larger towns where slower speeds are called for as well as through
some mountainous areas that don’t always prepare you to speed up a bit in order
for the RV to be able to ascend the hills at a decent speed. Our drive takes us through more large farming
areas as well as through some mountain treed areas.
We are staying at the Elks Lodge in Coeur d’Alene as they have 30 sites with
water and electricity and are very reasonable.
It is a busy place which was full yesterday and from the looks of things
bow, nearly so today. The Elks RV Club
hosts the campground and makes us feel very welcome. The sites are grass and the Lodge is next to
an open field where we find a local farmer baling his alfalfa. Interesting to watch for a city girl.
Tonight’s Lodge dinner is hamburgers and we go to the Lodge
for a drink and dinner. Hope to meet
some other Elk RVers from the campground.
Sit at a table with another couple (local) (Carol and Dan) who are
expecting friends to join them.
Introduce ourselves and meet their friends (Midge and Herb) when they
arrive. Midge is from Saskatchewan ,
Canada
in what she says is called “the bush” area which is way north. Funny lady who told some really cute and
laughable jokes during our time together.
It turned out Carol is from Cottonwood which we had visited before
coming to Coeur d’Alene
(see last blog). We heard all about what
a thriving town it had been in her youth.
Dan was a wealth of information about places to see in the area. Dan and Carol have a Park Model in Indio and we look forward
to seeing them there in January when we go to the FMCA Rally and to finding out
places to visit there.
Wednesday, July 13,
2016
We take a drive to downtown Coeur
d’Alene finding the Visitor
Center just across from the Lake . Follow a few
streets around town and then take the Lakeside Drive which weaves around one
side of the Lake where we find many beautiful homes, marinas, resorts, public
beaches and numerous pull offs to view this beautiful lake. The Lake and area reminds me of Lake Tahoe .
One of the places our friend Dan suggested
we visit is the Coeur d’Alene Golf Resort where
there is a floating golf hole in the Lake . This we have to see. You stop at a gate receive a pass to enter
the property even though some of the amenities are open to the public and
proceed to drive along a windy paved road through grassy and wooded areas. Beautiful grounds with lots of grass, of
course, pine trees and gorgeous red geraniums growing everywhere. Several buildings sit along the Lake next to the course including one with tables and
blue umbrellas. (See tomorrow's blog for Lake View of the Resort)
We leave the car walking along the sidewalk which overlooks the floating golf hole to the Pro Shop. The hole is on some sort of pulley system like a clothes line which allows them to move the distance back and forth. Once you have teed off and your ball is on the island, you enter a boat on a cable to get to and from the island. Even though the boat is cabled, the captain of the boat still has to be Coast Guard certified. Unfortunately, we did not get to see anyone teeing off to that hole.
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| Tee Off for the 14th Hole |
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| 14th Hole |
Leaving the Resort we continue on the road to the end
returning back toward town where we drive next to the Lake viewing some
fabulous homes with Lake
access across the road from their homes.
There is public access in a few areas but the private home spaces (some
filled with chairs and tables), grassy areas and locked gates to their docks
many with boats (large and small) tied at the docks.
Heading back toward our campground, we drive toward the town of Hayden where we find Hayden Lake with a fairly narrow road that winds all the way around the lake and is lined with homes sitting on the hills above the lake and some nestled just above the lake, many on stilts and having docks and boats. The lake also has a public beach area and several marinas.
Returning to the Elks Campground, we find a note from an
RVillage couple who have invited us to their RV for wine. We pass a couple of hours with them enjoying
sharing information about ourselves and the full time lifestyle. This couple is from Montana
and we receive some helpful information about places to visit while in Montana . We learned that the lady was a playmate of
Dwight Eisenhowers’s grandson David when he was in Gettysburg
and that the Eisenhower’s actually bought their Gettysburg farm from this lady’s
grandparents. Interesting tales about
playing with the Eisenhower grandchildren and the secret service.
A nice day and introduction to the area.
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