HAYDEN LAKE, IDAHO

Before leaving CDA we stopped at Hayden Lake which is on the way out of town in the town of Hayden. We did a sunset jet ski ride & it was so beautiful. It could not have been a better way to end our amazing 12 days in Idaho!

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We are really loving CDA so we decided to extend our time here! After 6 nights at the beautiful CDA resort we found a really cute little VRBO cottage to stay a few more days. It's 1/2 a block from the water on a part of the lake called Sanders Beach. It has everything we need to be comfortable to cook and we love it! It's just a few blocks from downtown (where the resort is) and it's a great walking and bike riding neighborhood. The sunsets are beautiful and best of all it has ample street parking for our big rig! LOL!

Afternoon jet ski at Riverstone Park

Our last few days & sunsets at the CDA resort

Our cute little cottage that we rented for 3 nights! Looks are deceiving...it sleeps 12!

Yay for a home cooked dinner!!! Night 1- Salmon, brown rice quinoa mix, and roasted veggies!

Night 2- Lemon pepper marinated chicken, garlic kale, and roasted red potatoes!

Bike ride along the lake- CDA has amazing bike paths!

Morning walk from the cottage to the resort & along the floating boardwalk

Some wildlife in the Sanders Beach neighborhood!

Shooters restaurant- where I had one of the best bacon cheeseburgers of my life!!!

Everwell Bay on Lake CDA

A few days in Sandpoint, ID

We stayed 3 nights and Sandpoint and despite the smoky haze we still had a great time and loved it! It's a cute little town on the HUGE Pend Oreille Lake with lots of cute little stores and yummy restaurants. We spent the days exploring the lake on the jet ski and evenings trying out the local cuisine and had several delicious meals that did not help our waistlines...LOL! Sandpoint is definitely a place that we will return to when the skies are blue and the air is clean!

Into Smoky Idaho We Go...

We arrived in Idaho last night and it sure is smoky here too! This is due to the fires in Washington now as opposed to the ones in Glacier that we had to deal with in Montana. However it is still pretty so we are not letting it get us down! We are staying in Sandpoint for a few days which is a really cute little town on the Pend Oreille Lake. The lake is the biggest in Idaho- 43 miles long! It's surrounded by 3 mountain ranges- the Selkirk, the Bitterroot, and the Cabinet. In 2011 Sandpoint was rated the Most Beautiful Small Town in America by Rand McNally & USA Today! If only we could see it through the smoky haze!