Tuesday, June 5th - Across L & C's Northwest Passage

We ate breakfast at Cracker Barrel and them headed west, back into Idaho. We drove 220 miles, mostly along Idaho's "Northwest Passage", US highway 12.

In 1805, the Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery found that their initial crossing point of the Continental Divide (Lemhi Pass, Idaho) led them to the impassable Salmon River. They ventured further north and crossed the Divide at Lolo Pass, Idaho and trekked thru the wilderness along the Lochsa and Clearwater rivers to the confluence with the Snake River (now Lewiston, Idaho). They were searching for, and found, the Northwest Passage to connect with the Columbia River and the Pacific Ocean.

This is a SPECTACULAR trip, worthy of spending several days to see it properly. This pic is typical of most of the drive. It rained for most of the day, therefore the raindrops on the windshield.

We stopped for diesel fuel when we got to Lewiston. The Flying J price here is $2.799, not bad for a western state. We are staying, once again, in camp Wal*Mart in Lewiston. We ate some outstanding Chinese food at the Mandarin Pines. This is a pic of the sunset, taken from camp Wal*Mart.