Tuesday, May 29th - into Montana

This morning we said goodbye to a lovely city: Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and drove over the Bitterroot Mountain Range to Kalispell, MT.

As we left CDA, there was a terrific view of the famous "floating green" at the Coeur d'Alene Golf Resort. MA took the pic as we were driving on I-90. They tout themselves as being the most beautiful golf course in the world. That may be but the cost to play was $225 and I did not see the value in that deal. I have played Pebble Beach on the Monterey Peninsula of California. I don't see how ANY golf course could be prettier than Pebble Beach.

We stopped for lunch in the old mining town of Wallace, Idaho. We parked the coach and Jeep right downtown and walked all over the downtown area. We ate lunch at the 1313 Club. The story goes that when the business started in the early 20th century, it was the 13th saloon and the 13th bordello in the town.

After a little shopping, we visited the former Oasis Bordello, closed in 1988. The madam and the working girls left suddenly in January 1988 when they got word that the FBI was coming to Wallace. It IS true that a horde of FBI agents swooped into Wallace but, it was to arrest a crooked sheriff, not to shut down the brothel. We took the tour and it was very interesting.

We crossed over into Montana and are in for the night at the Wal-Mart in Kalispell.