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Coeur d'Alene Lake

Coeur d'Alene Lake

 

June 29, 2007.

We are staying in Coeur d'Alene at Blackwell Island RV Resort $30 for paved interior roads, FHU including cable and wifi. This is a top notch RV park that even allows you to wash your RV on site. Now that is something you do not see very often.


Cruise on Coeur d'Alene Lake aboard the cruise boat Osprey

Cruise on the Osprey Coeur d'Alene Lake

 

 

 

 

Joyce booked us on a 2:30 Coeur d'Alene Lake cruise on the boat Osprey that docks at the park in downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

 

 

 

 

Early in our cruise there were omnious warnings in the sky.

 

Cruise Coeur d'Alene Lake aboard the cruise boat Osprey

Coeur d'Alene Lake crusie boat Osprey

 

 

 

This is what the sky looks like on the opposite side of Coeur d'Alene Lake ----- . This storm is heading directly for us as we leave the dock in downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Running for shelter on Coeur d'Alene Lake as viewed from the cruise boat Osprey

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

 

Joyce captured this boat running for shelter as the foreboding cloud closes in.

This was a wise boater indeed. The approaching storm turned out to be vicious. I hope this boater made it back to shore before the storm hit.

 

 

 

 

High winds and rain pound the cruise boat Osprey and Coeur d'Alene Lake

 

 

 

Waves, wind and rain are buffeting the cruise boat Osprey and Coeur d'Alene Lake.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60 to 70 mph winds, hail & rain pound Coeur d'Alene Lake and the cruise boat Osprey

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

The captain turned the Osprey into the wind in an effort keep our vessel stabilized. He tells everyone not to worry that storms like this occur over the lake several times a year and that things will be back to normal in a few minutes.

 

 

 

Of course he is right but for around 5-minutes the wind was 50 to 60 mph with heavy rain, and even a minute or so of good size hail. It was an exciting few minutes out on the lake. ------ News reports later said the wind gusts were were 60 to 70 mph and we saw the devastation wrought throughout this area of Idaho by this storm for over a week after this event. Check out this travel adventure to see some of that damage.

 

Bad storm on Coeur d'Alene Lake as viewed from cruise boat Osprey

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

This was during the worst of the storm but even at this time we can see land.

A strong down draft is almost eliminating white caps on the waves and pushing down on the waves. Without the extreme down draft these waves would have been much higher and would have had vicious white caps. I can say that the extreme down draft had an amazing effect on the wave action.

 

 

 

Storm on Coeur d'Alene Lake as viewed from cruise boat Osprey

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

 

As the rain slacks on Coeur d'Alene Lake up we start to see white caps again. But this is after the down draft has passed over. The waves became larger as the effect of the down draft subsided. The change happened in a matter of seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

Downtown Coeur d'Alene and Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

As the storm moves from the lake to downtown Coeur d'Alene visibility improves. If you look closely you can see a spot of blue sky in front of the fast moving storm.

 

 

 

The winds were strong enough to tear the roof off one of the cities new fire houses, felled and uprooted numerous trees around town. Click on this link to see pictures of some of the storms destruction that we ran across almost a week after this storm.

 

Conditions on Coeur d'Alene Lake are improving as the storm moves to the northeast

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

Days later as we took scenic drives throughout northern Idaho we could see the damage left behind by this storm. Watch travelogues for the next few days to see some of the downed trees and washed out roads.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I-90 bridge over an arm of Coeur d'Alene Lake as viewed from Cruise Boat Osprey

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

 

By now the storm is a fading memory. This is a picture of the I-90 bridge a few miles east of Coeur d'Alene as seen from our vantage point on the cruise boat Osprey.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

 

 

Coeur d'Alene Lake is a good size lake that follows an old river bed. It winds and twists creating nooks, crannies, coves and sheltered harbors around every bend.

 

 

 

 

 

Osprey cruise boat at dock on Coeur d'Alene Lake

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

 

This is the Osprey, the boat we were on when we took all the pictures in this travel adventure. The Osprey docks in down town Coeur d'Alene.

 

 

 

 

 

The Coeur D’Alene Resort in downtown Coeur d'Alene as taken from the cruise boat Osprey dock

Coeur d'Alene Lake from cruise boat Osprey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is the Coeur D’Alene Resort in downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and on Coeur d'Alene Lake.

 

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