Showing posts with label Montana. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Montana. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Highway 2 From West Glacier, MT to Deer Park, WA

It was another bug-filled windshield day as Dave and I left West Glacier and followed U.S. Highway 2 to Washington state.  After leaving Kalispell, this was all new road for us and we thoroughly enjoyed the drive.  We enjoyed beautiful scenery the entire way.

Entering Libby, MontanaIMG_1171

Just outside of Libby we ate our lunch at a pull-out overlooking the Kootenai River.IMG_1176

After Libby, there was a town named Troy that had a pull-out for looking at a dam and falls, but we weren't able to stop.  So it was on to the Idaho border.IMG_1181

Bonners Ferry looked like a quaint river town, and then we looked forward to the drive through Sandpoint.  We spent some time there about 17 years ago but haven't been back since.IMG_1182

I was so busy looking at all the changes and growth at Sandpoint that I forgot to take any pictures!  We followed the Pend Oreille River but there were lots of trees in the way of getting a good picture.

Pend Oreille River in the next two pictures.IMG_1195

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Then it was time to cross the river and enter into Washington.  There was no sign to welcome us back to our home state.  I liked the looks of the small town of Newport.  Now we have been to Newport, CA, Newport, OR, and Newport, WA.

Newport (the one in Washington)IMG_1210

Before we knew it, we were at Riverside, WA (we used to live in Riverside, CA, so I remember the name) and turned off Hwy 2 to go to our home for the night, Spokane RV and Golf Resort at Deer Park. 

Deer Park is a planned community and houses and RV lots are surrounding the golf course are for sale.  IMG_1226

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This is a deluxe RV park with all sites overlooking the very pretty golf course.  We didn't think the nightly price was bad at $34.05 after the Good Sam discount.  No pull-thru sites here, though.  We could have had a pull-in site facing the golf course, but then the sun would have been on our front window, so we chose a back-in site. 

#139, the same site number we had at the Glacier KOA.  Yes, that's one of the greens right behind us.IMG_1235