Between Glacier NP and North Cascades NP we stayed 2 nights at a really nice RV park at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d’Alene, which I learned was pronounced “Core duh Lane.” Definitely not how my 9th grade French teacher would have pronounced it.

But Coeur d’Alene is worth a mention because we had such a memorable time there. The campground host told us about the Centennial bike trail that wound around the lake and also a park where one can spot eagles and egrets. There was a marina downtown that boasted the world’s longest floating boardwalk, so we had to see that too. And when we went biking along the waterfront we found a waterfront park for dogs, with a dock for jumping into the water for fetching floating toys and a roped off doggie swim area. Their parks for humans were really great too! So while I had booked our stay in Coeur d’Alene with no particular agenda in mind, I was glad to have passed through there. And northern Idaho is definitely a place I could spend more time, should we pass this way ever again.