Sightseeing around Priest River IdahoPlaces Visited: July 2, 2007. We are staying in Hi De Ho RV Park, in Sandpoint/Ponderay, Idaho $32.40 gravel interior roads, FHU including cable and wifi. This is an OK RV Park, but possibly your best bet when staying in the Sandpoint area.
Lumber Mill in the town of Priest River, Idaho
Lumber mills such as this one in Priest River, Idaho is typical of almost all northern Idaho towns.
Road between Priest River, Idaho and Priest Lake
This is a typical northern Idaho scene. I think Joyce took this picture between the town of Priest River and Priest Lake.
Storm damage from the storm we experienced on Coeur d'Alene Lake a few days ago
Near Priest Lake we came across this storm damage that had not yet been cleared. I hope you remember us writing about the severe storm that rolled across Coeur d'Alene Lake while we were on a cruise, well this is what the storm did as it rolled north.
Storm damage from the storm we experienced on Coeur d'Alene Lake a few days ago
The storm damage in this area was pretty severe. We see downed trees from that severe storm a few days ago all over the place up here.
Storm damage from the storm we experienced on Coeur d'Alene Lake a few days ago
I think we counted 9-trees that fell across the road in this spot. According to the weather bureau this thunder storm had gusts of 60 to 70 mph. We experienced this storm while on a cruise boat on Coeur d'Alene Lake a few days ago. It was a short but vicious storm.
Priest Lake in northwestern Idaho
We had to take at least one picture of Priest Lake so this is it. If we would have driven along the shore up either the east or west shore views would have been better.
Lodge on Priest Lake, Idaho
This was one of the lodges or B&Bs in Coolin, a small community on the southeastern shore of Priest Lake.
View from Albeni Falls Dam Visitor Center on the Pend Oreille River of Idaho
This picture was taken from the visitor center at Albeni Falls Dam and Power generating facility, on the Pend Oreille River a few miles west of Priest River, Idaho. The bridge across the Pend Oreille River is a rail road bridge. Those are two huge ponderosa pines.
Albeni Falls Dam on the Pend Oreille River of western Idaho
Albeni Falls became Albeni Falls Dam in 1955. The region had experienced and increased need for water storage and electricity to support the growing shipbuilding and aluminum industries downriver. To meet these growing needs Congress authorized the dam in 1950 and construction began in 1951. A log chute was included as log drives on the river were still a common practice. Boommen stood on floating log booms poking and prying the logs through the chute to flow downstream to the mills.
Kalispel Indian Reservation near Usk, Washington
From Priest River we continued west on US 2 to Newport, Washington where we turned north on SR 20 to the small town of Usk an old lumber town. In Usk we drove across the river to the Kalispel Indian Reservation looking for their buffalo herd that we quickly located when we turned north as soon as we got on the east side of the Pend Oreille River and found the buffalo herd about 2-miles north of the bridge.
Kalispel Indian Reservation buffalo herd near Usk, Washington
We located the buffalo herd between the road and the river.
Pend Oreille River at Usk, Washington
These pilings in the Pend Oreille River are left over reminders of the old days when logs were floated down the river to the mill then held in place with these pilings.
Old steam engine from lumber mill in Newport, Washington
From Usk, Washington we turned around and retraced our route. We stopped on the Washington, Idaho border in the town of Newport another old lumber town.
This "Big Wheel" is part of of the Corliss Steam Engine that once ran a big lumber mill. The engine was a 478 horsepower steam engine operating on 120LBS.P.S.I of steam pressure. The engine weighs in at 63,000 pounds with a 22-inch cylinder and 42-inch stroke. The wheel is 16-feet in diameter and turned at 100 RPM. It weighs 20,000 pounds and has a 42-inch face. The "Big Wheel" was manufactured by Allis Chalmers in 1909 and operated continuously at the Fidelity Lumber Company for 55-years, cutting over 1-Billion board feet of lumber. It has been on display outside the Newport Museum in Newport, Washington since 1965.
Old steam engine on display in Newport, Washington
This is another steam engine on display at the Newport, Museum.
There have been many great explorers on the North American continent. David Thompson, born in 1770, is one of them. In 1808, while working from the Northwest Fur Company, he crossed into present day Idaho and in 1809 built the Kullyspell House on Pend Oreille Lake (the first structure built in Idaho) a few miles east of Hope. He is the first known white visitor to the Pend Oreille region. Keep in mind that Thompson was exploring this area for the Northwest Fur Company just two years after Lewis and Clarks Corps of Discovery returned to the eastern United States completing their epic journey. Thompson explored along the Pend Oreille River to a point near Tiger and is one of the areas historical heroes.
National Recreation area along the Pend Oreille River between Newport, Washington and Sandpoint, Idaho
On our return to Sandpoint we stopped in several National Recreation areas along the Pend Oreille River. This picture is representative of the area along the river between Newport, Washington and Sandpoint, Idaho.
Handmade furniture on display outside shop in Sandpoint, Idaho
Northwest Handmade had a shop in downtown Sandpoint where they showcased a wide variety of unique, rustic furniture. I enjoyed walking through the store.
Original Home-Store for Coldwater Creek in Sandpoint, Idaho
Across the street in downtown Sandpoint is the Coldwater Creek "Home-Store". It seems this is where the Coldwater Creek brand got its start, for those of you familiar with the Coldwater Creek Brand.
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