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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.

A few days on the water in Coeur d'Alene, a long way from San Marcos. First evening we mostly just watched the lake from up high — the sun went down behind the ridgeline while boats trailed back in past the floating boardwalk, and a seaplane sat tied up at one of the docks.

The boat day came up gray and cool, nothing like August is supposed to feel. We loaded the kids and both dogs on anyway and headed out of the downtown launch. Tubing happened regardless of the temperature — one of us pulled while the other floated behind on the yellow tube, and whoever came back aboard went straight under the blue blanket. The dogs traded laps. The little beagle mix gave up on the wind and burrowed in next to the kid with the orange hair.

The lab spent most of the tow runs standing on the stern seat, watching the tube like it was her job.

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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