Flat Water Sailing

Ryan Scott, a friend from NIC, has a sailboat. He keeps it in a slip at Bayview on Lake Pend Oreille. I was invited up with Ryan Edwards to sail on Saturday morning. Did you know that you need the wind to actually sail?

We motored out into the bay at the South end of the lake, put up the sails, and the wind completely died. So we talked and looked out over the flat water. About an hour into our drift we took the sails down a started the motor.

Since sailing was out we cruised along the shore looking at beaches for camping. During the tour, we spotted Mountain Goats and several Bald Eagles. I got some good shots of the goats. The lake was beautiful, flat and blue. After another hour or so we motored back into the slip and called it a day. 

Lakeview via Jeep

Reading the map, keeping us on track.

Once we finished up the odd jobs we had around the place we jumped into the Jeep and took a drive.  We north to the Bunco Road then into the woods from there.  We followed FSR#233 up to the ridge and then dropped into a small town called Lakeview.  We talked to a couple people and found that we could make a loop drive by heading up and over Bernard Peak.  There were two real nice view points that we stopped at to rest and take pictures.  It was a fun little drive and we enjoyed the entire trip.

View looking toward Bayview.

Looking north towards Sandpoint.

Looking for a few bars at the overlook.

Boating The Big Lake

Darren, Marcy and Linda at Lake View Idaho.

Pano view of the mouth of the Clarkfork River.

Love the yellows!

Goats on the South cliffs of Lake Pend Oreille.