I woke up this morning and started off on my morning walk, it is around seven miles, and as soon as I hit Fay Hill (overlooking the valley) I knew I had to go back home, pack the car with Carla, dogs, maps and head somewhere with this wonderful weather.
On the way out of Washington, we stopped at Coffin Lake for a photo.
After Coffin Lake photo, we took a short cut to Montana, this route...thru Canada...was the quickest way to my destination.
This old power plant, that was used for the cement plant in Metaline, was scrubbed when the Boundry Dam and it's cheap power was used. Now the Sullivan Creek will soon run free when the Mill Pond is demolished.
A few miles down the road is the Box Canyon Dam on the Pend Oreille River. The dam is a "run of the river" dam (which means, little of the river is in storage) and was built in 1955. The trestle was built in 1909.
The destination in mind was Kootenai Falls, Montana, about 160 miles from Colville. The website says 75 feet tall?
A very kind tourist took our photo since I don't do selfies very well.
Video of the falls.
The swinging bridge over the Kootenai River is quite scary.
Video of us crossing the bridge.
Copeland, Idaho...if you have never heard of the town do not fret...it's very, very small, but they had a spot to let the dogs out for a while.
At the Copeland, Idaho stop, they also had a baseball field that looked like it has not been used in the last 10 years, but also an adult swing which Carla took advantage of. Carla said it has been many years since last doing this...I was looking up the nearest emergency room...just in case.
It's so hard to drive past a field of beautiful mustard flowers without stopping and taking a photo.
Three states, one foreign country and 361 miles in 9 hours...just another Sunday road trip for Tom!😀
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