Our journey West began by heading North on I-25 from Fort Collins through Wyoming and stopping for the night at the Crowne Plaza in Billings, MT. We headed West on I-90 all the way to the outskirts of Seattle, with a few stops on our way. The first was at the headwaters of the Missouri River, where we spent a couple hours hiking, exploring and having a picnic lunch. We crossed into Idaho and made it to a campground in Coeur d'Alene, we set up camp then headed into town to have dinner at the local brewery and tour the waterfront. A place we will have to go back to some day for sure. The next morning we went through spokane, stopped along Moses Lake for the kids to play on a playground, then continued to the Gingko Petrified Forest, which was very very very windy, but cool to see and a nice hike to stretch the legs.
Missouri Headwaters state park in 3 Rivers, MT
The confluence of the Madison (near) and Jefferson (far) Rivers, a little ways downstream the Gallatin River joins in to mark the official start of the Missouri River. On the far side of the confluence, a campsite used by Lewis and Clark for 3 nights on both their trip out West and return East.
Doug and the kids found a little leach while testing the temperature of the water
The Coeur d'Alene pier and waterfront, it was most unfortunate that we did not have more daylight hours to spend at this beautiful location
The first of the wooden boats, the Karen Ann, tug boat style
One of many of the Criss Craft style, the Satisfaction, the fading daylight was really limiting my photo opportunities
An old 1947 Johnson outboard motor on one of the boats
A close up of one of the petrified trees, I can't remember if this one was a fir or an elm, but pretty amazing
The kids and I braving the 60+ mph wind in front of an old elm tree
A look back at I-90 crossing the Columbia River in central WA, at the Petrified Forest headquarters
The confluence of the Madison (near) and Jefferson (far) Rivers, a little ways downstream the Gallatin River joins in to mark the official start of the Missouri River. On the far side of the confluence, a campsite used by Lewis and Clark for 3 nights on both their trip out West and return East.
Doug and the kids found a little leach while testing the temperature of the water
The Coeur d'Alene pier and waterfront, it was most unfortunate that we did not have more daylight hours to spend at this beautiful location
The first of the wooden boats, the Karen Ann, tug boat style
One of many of the Criss Craft style, the Satisfaction, the fading daylight was really limiting my photo opportunities
An old 1947 Johnson outboard motor on one of the boats
A close up of one of the petrified trees, I can't remember if this one was a fir or an elm, but pretty amazing
The kids and I braving the 60+ mph wind in front of an old elm tree
A look back at I-90 crossing the Columbia River in central WA, at the Petrified Forest headquarters 
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