On the Route of the Hiawatha

 On the Route of the Hiawatha

When we learned about the Route of the Hiawatha, we were reminded of Longfellow’s famous poem, The Song of Hiawatha. We figured since we’d just been on the Trail of the Coeur D’Alenes, named after a Native American tribe, that the Route of the Hiawatha was named similarly. Au contraire, mes amis! It’s named after a train.

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Trail of the Coeur D’Alenes - Ready to Ride

Trail of the Coeur D’Alenes - Ready to Ride

There were a few logistical problems to work out before tackling the rest of the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. The Trail is 73 miles long across the panhandle of Idaho. Thus far, we’d ridden only about 19 miles of it at the western end between Plummer and Springston, riding in both directions in order to get back to Blue each evening. What other alternatives were there for getting back and forth to the trailheads?

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