Our drive up to Coeur D'Alene was spread out over two days. We made it to Boise on Friday with a pit stop in Twin Falls for dinner and to see the Twin Falls temple. It was a pretty little temple. Gorgeous grounds and a perfect evening to walk around and look at everything.
Did I mention that we took Daisy with us on this trip? It was a trial run to see how she traveled...and to see if she can swim but we'll get to that later.
Day 2, Saturday, took us from Boise to Coeur D'Alene with stops in La Grande, Kennewick, and Spokane on the way. In La Grande, OR we took a break for Geocaching (it's on Eric's bucket list to geocache in all 50 states) and for lunch. I packed enough food to feed a small army so we had a great picnic lunch at some random park in town. It was sunny, green, and right next to a river. A thoroughly enjoyable break for all of us.
Daisy even took time to pose for us next to the river. Look how pretty :)
Our stop in Kennewick, WA involved walking around the Columbia River temple. This was Eric's favorite temple of the trip. It is small but has some really great architecture.
Total stop lasted about 20 minutes before we loaded back up and headed on to Spokane. Neither of us had ever been to Spokane. It's quite an interesting little city. I loved the old buildings and the wonderful park/river in the center of town.
We were lucky enough to show up on the night with a food fair in the park. They had booths, funnel cakes, ferris wheels, and live music.
We thoroughly enjoyed the few hours we spent walking around. We did some geocaching, looked at bridges, and Daisy made a new friend. Look how cute!
And we got to see the temple in Spokane.
After close to 11 hours of travel on Saturday we finally made it to Coeur D'Alene. The area is absolutely stunning. Tall trees, lots of green, and the magnificent lake. The water was so clear...and cold! We went on a hike around the lake the next morning to explore more of the shoreline. On the hike we were able to get my favorite picture of the whole trip. I love my little family.
One of our main goals for the trip was to see if Daisy could swim. We've always wondered if her legs would be strong enough to hold up her body since they're so little. I was told about a test you could do with dogs. If you hold them over water and they start paddling their legs they should be swimmers. We'd tried that with Daisy and it worked so we were confident in her abilities. We put her down into the water and amazingly she started swimming!! Not very well, and not for very long before she jumped out but she swam!
The pictures aren't the greatest but I promise you she was swimming. The water was freezing and wavy so she didn't spend much time in it.
We loved our time in CDA. It was relaxing, beautiful, and just what Eric and I needed as a refresher. At least until both of us got food poisoning. We didn't take any pictures on the last day and a half of our trip. We spent Sunday night stuck in our hotel rooms. The 10 hour drive home from CDA to Centerville was one of the longest days both of us can remember in quite a while. We try not to think about it too much.
If any of you have a chance to visit Spokane or CDA we highly recommend it. Just don't eat the food :) On that happy note we'll leave you with a few more pictures from our trip.
xo,
Carly
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