Idaho. A state neighboring my own. A beautiful blend of eastern Washington and the Rockies. The state with a deceptive size. It's shorter than it looks up top and waaaay bigger than it looks down below. And now, for some pictures!
Ok so this is right next to the Clearwater River (which I think is part of the Snake river?) This picture was taken right outside of Lewiston, ID.
This picture is of a train moving while still traveling down Route 12.
This is a really cool house looking thing that was just sitting in the middle of these giant hills with no people around.
This is when we first got into the wooded area. It's still the same river, still the same road.
More pictures.
The road (and river) was really bendy, and while it was beautiful to look at and the weather was nice, I started getting a tick car sick.
There were a million beautiful shots. This area is so amazing.
Ok, so about this picture. I took a really crappy picture of this beautiful little sandy beach. I really wanted this picture to turn out, but it didn't really work. When we were going down the route, the sun was not working with us for good pictures. Most of them have half shadows or are way too over exposed.
A tiny little waterfall.
This is the rock face we saw, so beautiful!
So all of these pictures are taken in the mid to upper half of the state. We didn't go down to Boise or anything. The farthest south we went in Idaho was Lewiston.
More pretty riverbend shots. And yes I did sing the song.
I straight shot I took when on a wooden bridge.
Sun raaays! We took a mini break to stretch our legs and explore one of the wooden bridges we found.
This is the middle of the bridge looking into the wild woods!
The length of the suspension bridge. Again, sorry about the darkness of the picture, it's hard to fix pictures that were taken with such bad lighting.
This is a picture of a little nook at Lake Coeur d'Alene.
One of my favoritest places in the world, Lake Coeur d'Alene
More of the lake
It was actually pretty warm that day. We spent a whole day here before beginning the long trek home.
Some pretty rocks by the lake edge. I actually edited them to make their colors stand out way more.
Some more lovely scenery. I love this lake!
Ahhh Idaho. And yes, I do know that I only really showed you scenery pictures, but in the upper part of the state, that's the draw. There's more farming and industry down south, but up north is the untamed wilderness. If you ever want to take a really long drive and just enjoy the beauty of the earth, go drive Route 12. It's amazingly beautiful and worth the time it takes to drive. Northern Idaho is almost a placeholder. It stands between the wheat fields of Washington and the Rockies/flat lands of Montana. It's bloody hot during the summer but mighty cold during the winter.
I love Idaho and the beauty it holds.
It's also the first place I saw Inception which makes it way more special in my mind.
I have a lot of fond memories from both my Montana trip with my dad and Melanie, but also from when I was younger and we vacationed there with the cousins. I hope I can someday take my own family there [Coeur d'Alene], maybe not because it's a tropical destination or that there's a ton of things to go do, it's more for the nostalgia of the place. It's a wonderful, beautiful place to build memories.
So I suggest Idaho. It may seem like a boring little state where nothing happens, but it has a lot of beauty and majesty that other states can't posses.
