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.
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.
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.
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.
Waves, wind and rain are buffeting the cruise
boat Osprey and Coeur
d'Alene Lake.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
This is the Coeur
D’Alene Resort in downtown Coeur
d'Alene, Idaho and on Coeur
d'Alene Lake.
Until next time remember how good life is.
Mike & Joyce Hendrix
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