While we may not have absolutely needed to stop in Coeur D’alene on our way to Eastern Washington, we did still need the Idaho sticker for the back of our RV. That’s just how we roll. Although it was pretty late when we pulled into our spot at Camp Coeur D’alene, and we were both starting the work week in the morning, so it was nice that we stopped for the night when we did. We were scheduled to spend two nights here before moving on.
We had chosen Camp Coeur D’alene for two reasons, one it was on a creek feeding into Lake Coeur D’alene, and two, it was the only RV park/resort that had any space left (and we took the last spot). The park itself is one of those that maximizes every square inch to fit more paying customers, only this one was terraced, which in our case meant that if we took one extra step past our front door we’d face plant into our neighbor’s trailer. Aside from the cramped confines of the RV spots, it was still a nice resort. It was wooded, picturesque, had nice staff, and even had free loaner canoes to take onto the creek and lake.
Unfortunately I had a busy day with work so couldn’t get more than 10 feet from the RV until about 5pm, but Lana did manage to break away a couple of times to walk around the resort with the boys and play some of the outdoor games they had available.
After work we did manage to snag a couple of the canoes and headed out on to the water. We paddled around the creek for a while and eventually made our way onto the lake itself. The boys were under the age where they needed a fishing license in Idaho so we did try to catch some dinner, but the fish had other ideas about that. Even though we got skunked, it was still a nice way to unwind after a long day of work.
The next morning we made a break for the nearest Costco parking lot to find a place we could finish out the work day before our relatively short drive to our next camping spot. As I always do when I can, I judged our host city based on the quality of their Costco: 9/10 beer selection, 11/10 cheese selection (so much cheese!), 8/10 reasonable food court line for very berry sundays. Extra points for stocking game bags and the cheapest 2 pack of bear spray I’ve spotted on our trip. Based solely on this criteria I would be ok moving to CDL.
Get a season pass to the county parks and you can kayak on Lexington all the time. Close to home and cell signals! (That’s what we do). 🙂
How much was the bear spray? We just spent a bundle for it at REI.
Sounds like we’ll need to get some kayaks too. Bear spray at Costco CDL was $40 for 2 cans.