State Highways 20 and 31 - the North Cascades Highway is a scenic route through Pend Oreille County, also known as the North Pend Oreille Scenic Byway and the International Selkirk Loop.
My first stop was at the Kalispell Tribal Grounds to view the buffalo and the Manressa Grotto..
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| The Tribe maintains and fosters the buffalo herd, which consists of about 100 head of buffalo that roam over 600 acres |
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| A glacially formed, above-ground cave system used for religious ceremonies by early Amercian Indians and missionaries. |
With a view of Pend Oreille Lake and then north to the Tiger Museum (Built at its present location in 1913, the renovated Tiger Store serves as the south gateway for the North Pend Orielle Scenic Byway; it is all that remains of the once-thriving pioneer town) ...
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| The historic (1912) Tiger Store serves as a museum, gift shop, a blacksmith reproduction, visitor center and rest stop. |
over to Little Pend Oreille National Wildlife Refuge for the auto tour .... I managed to get off the road at a fork ("listened" to my GPS over the sign because I'd encountered a couple of ones today that had been turned) and went ATVing in my Jeep for several miles before I could make a 6-point turn to go back ...
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| The only mountainous, mixed-conifer forest refuge in the National Wildlife Refuge system |
with a stop at Crystal Falls ...
the red bridge near Ione ...
Continuing north, the next stop was Eagles Nest Viewpoint and Sweet Creek Falls (it smelled like Christmas) ...
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| Eagles Nest Viewpoint |
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| Sweet Creek Falls and a pine "Christmas" tree |
up to the Boundary Dam
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| The dam provides more than 1/3 of Seattle's electricity. |
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| Views from both sides of the Boundary Dam |
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| Sullivan Lake |
ending with the best Mexican dinner before heading to the rig for the night.
It was a good day ... beautiful scenery, nice walks, good food ....
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