The GART passes through this part of Idaho via a 72 mile bike path called the Trail of the Coeur d’Alenes. I assumed it was named this because it follows the Coeur d’Alene River. In actuality, the path as well as the lake and river are named for the Coeur d’Alene Native American tribe.
In my ignorance, I didn’t know there was a Coeur d’Alene Native American tribe…
Read MoreLately, we’ve been discussing more possible bike rides on the Great American Rail-Trails (GART). The panhandle of Idaho is a great candidate for this since most of the rail-trail has been completed and it’s only about 90 miles across the state from border to border (Montana to Washington). We had a few days until Blue needed to go for his check-up, so we thought we’d give this trail a try.
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We are David and Marcie Lynn and we've lived aboard our Liberty 458 cutter-rigged sailboat since 2000.
What began as an urge to travel slowly and economically at our own pace ended up an adventure of a lifetime.
Well, here we are ... nearly 90,000 miles under the keel, 5 continents, 5 Great Southern Capes, 36 countries and almost two decades later, still taking one passage at a time and going just a little further.
