Spokane to Missoula
We woke this morning to the sound of rain on the roof - quite an alien sound as this is the first rain we have had since we have been here. Definitely time to move on.
We leave Spokane and head East crossing the border into Idaho. A short stop at the visitor centre in Coeur D'Alene to find out about the local attractions and then back to Post Falls for lunch at the Hod Rod Cafe, hod rods all over and movies playing about the drags that they host every year - a great spot and if we hadn't just started for the day and it wasn't lunch time we would have been tempted to settle down for a while.
We keep on going towards Missoula, I am driving today and am probably a bit too cautious for Andy's liking but hey, we got there safely. We crossed the Coeur D'Alene Mountains at a height of 4,725 feet. I am sure the view was fantastic but we were still covered in the mist and rain that has hounded us all day. We did cross the border though.
Winding down the mountains we went through the most gorgeous valleys and finally back to some straight roads again - huh as if these had been really twisty anyway. Can definitely say that these interstates are great roads. Two lanes in each direction with a huge median strip in the middle, there is certainly no worries about getting past a slower vehicle or holding anyone up. We make it to Missoula tonight with a fair amount of blue sky - looks like we have dodged the rain.
