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A Few Days on the Water in Coeur d'Alene

·Kootenai County, Idaho·#summer#boating#lake#coeur-d'alene#idaho
Sunset over a wide lake with a prominent white bridge, distant forested mountains, a seaplane, boats, and kayakers.

We spent a few days in Coeur d'Alene in early August 2020. The evenings were beautiful, with the sun setting over the lake and behind the distant hills. I remember watching from our room as boats and even a seaplane moved across the water near the docks and that distinct white bridge.

Most of our time was spent out on our own boat. We had the family and both dogs with us, cruising out past the city skyline and into the main part of the lake. The weather was a bit overcast during the day, which made for comfortable but sometimes chilly rides.

We did some tubing, towing one of the kids behind the boat across the wide open water. Afterwards, everyone would get cold from the wind and the spray, so there was a lot of time spent wrapped up in a blue blanket, usually with one of the dogs trying to get warm, too. It was a simple trip, mostly just being together on the water, surrounded by the forested hills.

A vibrant sunset over a lake with forested hills, boats, and a distinct white arched structure in the foreground.An adult, a child, and two dogs are on a white boat on the water with a city in the background.Two children and two dogs pose in a white boat on the water with city buildings and a cloudy sky in the background.A person with orange hair and a small dog, wrapped in a blue blanket, sit on a moving boat on water with distant hills.A man on a boat takes a selfie, with a child tubing behind on a lake surrounded by forests and mountains.A child with pink hair and a dog are wrapped in a blue blanket on a boat with a cloudy, mountainous background.A person holding a small dog and a larger dog sit on a boat, looking at a lake with mountains.A person and two dogs sit on a boat, looking out at a lake with forested hills under a cloudy sky.

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