SPOKANE
Spokane was the location of the 1974 World's Fair Expo. Most of the Expo centered around the Riverfront Park, which has flowered and tree lined bike and walking paths. The park is well known for the Riverfront Park Carousel, the clock tower, and The Skyride Over the Falls. While we were at the park, they were setting up for next weeks Chinese Lantern Festival.
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| Clock Tower Built for Expo '74 |
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| Skyride Over the Falls |
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| Spokane Falls |
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| Flower for the Chinese Lantern Festival |
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| All the exhibits glow at night. |
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The Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Built in 1925
Reminds us of the great cathedrals of Europe. |
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The organ has over 4,000 pipes.
We wished we could have heard it. |
KOOTENAI NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
One day we visited Kootenai NWR just west of Bonners Ferry, Idaho. This small, but very beautiful refuge is only about 3,000 acres. We took the five mile auto tour loop and took a hike to Myrtle Creek Falls.
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The Kootenay River was like glass
the day we were there. |
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| Trail to the Myrtle Creek Falls |
FARRAGUT STATE PARK
We spent a day exploring Farragut State Park located 25 miles north of Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. This entire park was originally a U.S. Navy Training Base. Farragut Park is very focused on visitor activities. There are several campgrounds as well as four disc golf courses, a beach and boating on Lake Pend Oreille. There is also a military museum which was originally a U.S. Navy Brig from 1942 - 1946.
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Lake Pend Oreille is Idaho's larges lake
and the 4th deepest in the Pacific northwest. |
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| Sailor Statue in front of the Navy Museum at the Brig |
3 comments:
Farragut was one of our favorite volunteer spots! Bonners Ferry is a beautiful area.
Teri
Yes, we really enjoyed the area. The disc golf nets you painted looked great, just scuffed.
We called Kootenai NWR about a possibility of volunteering there about 3 years ago.
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