We are enjoying our stay here in Coeur d'Alene. This is a beautiful area and the city has been nicely set up on the side of the lake without being dominated by the resorts. We spent time driving around the area and walking downtown and along the waterfront in the City Park. I saw some really well designed Townhomes (photos available) which had their garages in back http://www.iceplantcda.com/iceplant-townhomes.html. Also in the City Park were substantial playground structure for kids and nice facilities for concerts including a band shell (photos available). We had lunch downtown on Monday then took the rest of the afternoon off.
Tuesday, Tina had scheduled a massage for after lunch, so we planned to do a Lake Cruise and dinner at "Tito Macaroni's" for later. The lake tour was about ninety minutes and covered the upper third of the lake. We learned about early history of the area with silver mining as the primary reason for development. there are many beautiful homes along the lakeshore but most aren't intrusive and their impact on the landscape is muted. We really enjoyed the warm, slow afternoon waltz around the lake. Dinner at Tito's was very nice. The rest of the evening was spent relaxing and reading. Wednesday was a slow morning. We had some pretty severe thunderstorms during the night so Tina and the kids didn't get a lot of sleep. Later this morning Tina went for a pedicure and then, after lunch, we went for a short bike ride on the Centennial Trail.
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