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Published: July 17th 2013
We left our beloved Montana by 8:45am and made the trek southwest towards Idaho. The route we took was beautiful, some of it along the Clark River and along ranch and farm land surrounded by pine forrests. We eventually hit I90 where we made a "pit stop" for a fun bike ride Jeff discovered for us.
The trail is called the Route of the Hiawatha. It was a 16 mile trail across trestle bridges and through pitch black tunnels (one of them was over 1.5 miles long!), all the while enjoying stunning scenery. We were required to have headlights on our bikes for the tunnels and it was super cold in there, did I mention it was really dark in the tunnels??!! The trestle bridges were amazing too! We are soooo glad we did the ride, it was so much fun!! I highly recommend it for anyone in the area that likes to trail ride.
History: It was called one of the most scenic stretches of railroad in the country. When the Milwaukee Railroad was operating, the trains traversed through 11 tunnels and over 9 high trestles, covering a 46 mile route that crossed the rugged Bitterroot Mountains between
Stopped in Taft Tunnel
Taken with the flash on my cameraIdaho and Montana. The "Route of the Hiawatha" is most famous for the long St. Paul Pass, or Taft Tunnel which burrows for 8771 ft. (1.66 miles) under the Bitterroot Mountains at the state line. http://www.ridethehiawatha.com
Once we were done there we were only 1.5 hours from Couer d'Alene. So a quick drive down I90 we found our way to our next campground "Lake Coeur d'Alene Camping Resort". The campground is nice, but once again the spots are tight. They do have fire rings so Ryan is really looking forward to having a campfire if we can find some reasonably priced firewood.
We are looking forward to exploring the "panhandle" of Idaho over the next few days!
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