Sandwiched between Washington and Montana, the Idaho panhandle is a great place for an early summer vacation.
We combined a few days of meetings at a posh resort and a few days of fishing in a more remote location in beautiful Northern Idaho.
Here’s what we experienced:
An Upscale Stay: The Coeur d’Alene Resort, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
A place to park your fancy motor boat
Fabulous views
Hiking Trails
Floating Golf Green
Delicious Wine and Food
Tranquility
A peaceful stretch of the Coeur d’Alene River
Quirkiness
Scenery
From the Road
From the Water
From the Air
Friendliness
Helpful fishing guides
Artsy Shops
Hand-carved fish sculpture
Relaxation
The deck of our floating Homeaway House
Good To Know:
We flew into Spokane and rented a car.The airport is small but has good service from several carriers.
It’s about a 40 minute drive from the airport into Coeur D’Alene, ID
Stay
The Coeur dAlene Resort
A full service resort with pools, golf, spa, meeting rooms, restaurants and a range of room types.
Homeaway:
This is the house we stayed in: Float Home on the Coeur d”Alene River
It’s a great little house, about an hour south of the town of Coeur d”Alene, close to the town of Harrison, ID.
Harrison is also quirky, with a coffee shop,excellent ice cream store, a couple of restaurants and art gallery.
Fishing Guides:
Coeur D’Alene has several good outfitters:
We used Castaway Fly Fishing Shop which has concessions on the rivers for drift boat fly fishing.
Other outfitters, such as Orvis Northwest Outfitters does wading trips for fly fishers.
