Well we slept like babies and woke to another beautiful day!
We are here at Heyburn S.P. In Idaho at the south end of Lake Coeur d' Alene and it is a beautiful area.  Our friends Carl and Mimi had been here and raved about it and we can now see why.
There is a paved 73 mile bicycle path that connects Plummer, ID to Mullan, ID and goes along & across the lake and is an old railway converted to a bike trail.  We're here for 2 more nights and early this evening our friends Phil & Yvonne are going to join us for the first week or so as we make our way across Montana.

Here is a link to the park:
http://parksandrecreation.idaho.gov/parks/heyburn

Did you know that Heyburn S.P. was created in 1908 and is the oldest park in the Pacific N.W.!

Carol on the Trail of the Coeur d' Alenes 

Lake Chatcolet-  bike bridge in background

Carol close to the 24 mile Mark!

Carol, Yvonne, and Phil on the Heyburn SP boardwalk

if you made it this far - then I am am adding onto this several days after the above was posted, but not sent ~ basically because of a lack of wifi support and maybe the learning curve being a little above that of Stuart & Sara - who told me how easy it would be to set up this blog in the first place. ;)

Also our plans have been altered somewhat because of some unforeseen weather coming into Montana and we have had to bypass Glacier NP (Major Bummer) and have headed towards Yellowstone NP and we are currently in Livingston, MT  - which is about an hour and a half north of the park.  We are still looking at some very cold and inclement eather over the next couple of days and might spend 2 nights here before venturing into the park (where camping is at 6500 to 7500 ' elevations.
It is kind of ironic as we were really looking forward to traveling in September  as when we would travel on our winter break from the Rhody - we could not take in places like Yellowstone and Glacier NPs  as they are closed in winter.   Next year we may have to leave in August!

 
                   Oh ~  did I mention where we spent the nite in Missoula?  Well not the most glamorous place but what a beautiful Sunset at our site in the Missoula Walmart lot!  ;-)


We hope to send pics soon of Yellowstone and destinations beyond.   Hope you are all well !

Don and Carol

                  Looking upriver on the Yellowstone - just south of Livingston, MT