Delirious with Spring!

Entering Idaho

Springtime makes me a bit delirious. In a good way.
Nancy, Gerry and I had lunch in Coeur d'Alene today, having ridden the 16 miles there from the Washington state line on the beautiful Centennial trail. This trail stretches at least 40 miles, from the west side of Spokane on to the eastern end of lake Coeur d'Alene, and yesterday we rode the 48 mile round trip from Spokane to the state line. Yesterday's ride was prettier, but both days have been warm and sunny and quite wonderful, and both rides well worth doing.
Much of the trail follows right along the Spokane river, and this time of year is lined with arrowleaf balsamroot and some sort of fragrant flowering white tree/shrub. As usual, none of the locals knew what eithe of these were.
An interesting sight along the trail: three adjacent streets named Elly, Ella, and Elton. Hmmmm....

Arborcrest winery

This is my first visit to Spokane and I had no idea that there were truly impressive waterfalls right in the middle of town. The river is a bit high and it's hard to describe how much water is moving through, and how fast. Suffice to say we did not see any watercraft of any kind.

Arrowleaf bAlsamroot

Tomorrow we will drive down to Pullman and spend two more nights, and I'm sure we'll find some more biking along the way. We just happened to find out that Keb Mo is giving a concert there Saturday night, and we got tickets.

Centennial trail

Arrowleaf balsamroot

Spokane river

Spokane falls

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