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Montana

jeffrey_pdx

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18. Sorry if I ruined your surprise.

Reply to Cleita (Reply #17)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 10:03 PM

Mar 2013

I've lived in the NW my entire life and I had never heard of Lake Pend Oreille. When we were driving over the bridge from south to north, my jaw just dropped. I had seen it on the map, but I had never seen pictures of it, so I was completely unprepared for the beauty and size. I had checked a lot of the route out on line before we started our drive, but we had to make a detour in Coeur d'Alene up to Pend Oreille, then into Montana, and SE towards Thompson Falls since the mountain pass we were planning on taking was closed. It was about this time of year and we were hoping the pass would have opened up, but apparently there was still a lot of snow. It added over 2 hours to our trip (after driving straight through from Portland), but it was worth it to see the lake.

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Wanting to explore some remote / wilderness areas of Montana this summer [View all] Quixote1818 Mar 2013 OP

Whenever my family wanted to camp, we always went to North Fork LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #1

Thanks, I will check it out. nt Quixote1818 Mar 2013 #6

We lived in Great Falls, MT. OMG Its truly god's country, Big Sky country for sure. southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #2

I agree! Here are some of the photos I took going through Montana last time Quixote1818 Mar 2013 #10

For some reason it won't show your pictures. I remember us going to Alberta, Canada and southernyankeebelle Mar 2013 #20

You can go see Libby if you want to see a huge superfund site (asbestos) say hi to my family there LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #3

But the Cabinet Mtn Wilderness in Libby montanacowboy Mar 2013 #4

Nice! LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #5

I just suggested that in my post below. n/t Cleita Mar 2013 #9

Western Montana is where to look for remote wilderness. Cleita Mar 2013 #7

Thanks! I love seeking out old growth forest! nt Quixote1818 Mar 2013 #11

Thompson Falls Montana jeffrey_pdx Mar 2013 #16

Yes, I actually had a camp ground job up near the Canadian border in Eastern Washington. Cleita Mar 2013 #17

Sorry if I ruined your surprise. jeffrey_pdx Mar 2013 #18

The bridge. First time we did it we broke down. So we were there several hours. Cleita Mar 2013 #19

20 years ago (the last time I was there) the place to go was The Bob htuttle Mar 2013 #8

That is the area that looked the most interesting on the map. Quixote1818 Mar 2013 #12

Found a pic of the hotsprings -- they're across the border in Idaho htuttle Mar 2013 #13

Oh yes how could I have forgotten??? LiberalLoner Mar 2013 #14

Do you canoe? grasswire Mar 2013 #15

Have you heard about Clay Jenkinson's "Lewis and Clark" trek? rdharma Mar 2013 #21