Help planning vacation: Idaho & Montana
Annie Deighnaugh
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Comments (9)Hi Lemongrass, There was a discussion over in the Pacific Northwest forum about Idaho the other day. It had quite a bit to do with climate zones and I've put the link below. And, thereÂs this site that is a good place to start from for more info: http://www.geography.ohio-state.edu/faculty/rogers/statclim.html And, this one has Idaho specific: http://www.wrcc.dri.edu/cgi-bin/cliMAIN.pl?idmosc I lived in Moscow for a couple of years and can say that my uncle's garden in Lewiston Orchards was always a fine one. I had gardened in northern Idaho for about 10 years before my time in Moscow. The Moscow gardening was a near disaster but not because I wasn't accustom to the short growing season. It wasn't shorter than Coeur d'Alene and certainly longer than Bayview. My problem was the soil compaction brought about by my unfamiliarity with Palouse soils. It just wasn't anything like the "gravel" I usually dealt with. I could have made bricks! Lewiston area varies in elevation all the way down to just above 700 feet along the river (now that's looooww). Then you climb to 2,000 feet in Moscow. Much of the northern Idaho/eastern Washington country is about that high above sea level. Unless you have a particularly exposed site, you won't have much trouble with apple, cherry and European plum trees. Green Bluff, near Spokane, must be higher than 2,000 feet and it is known for its fruit orchards. Not much in the nut tree choices hereabouts that I know of. I've got neighbors with Carpathian walnuts and those trees usually produce a crop but not every year. The little filbert trees seem to do just fine. More folks should grow them. Welcome to this part of the world. IÂm certainly willing to chat more with you if youÂve got anything you think I can help with. Steve Here is a link that might be useful: Idaho conversation...See MoreCan you tell me about your all inclusive family vacation?
Comments (17)Corgimum, the service was fantastic! Unfortunately husband ended up in the ER there shortly after we arrived due to his ticker. However, for the first time ever they brought him back in rhythm with some sort of Mexican ckt drug. We had such good care! Never ever has drugs worked in the states to bring him back around he always needs a cardio version (sp?). We carefully enjoyed the rest of our vacation and husband was so happy not to make any decisions. He has since had an operation to fix his problem and so far so good. We did take out the extra insurance before that trip and was reimbursed. That worked so well I will never travel to another country again without it. Joanie, just do it! Life is short! When my kids were young we could only afford one big trip the whole time to France and England and some mid trips to the Carolinas and mid west. The trips they enjoyed the most though were trips to the Florida Keys on the Gulf side. Those trips were just a few hours south for us though. And I have to say that they were not as much fun for husband who worked so much and had to do the long drive and then go to a NON all inclusive where decisions on where to eat and how to amuse the children were nonstop. Once the kids were grownâ¦we have been doing some traveling as itâÂÂs a piece of cake with two....See MoreCanadian Rockies Summer Vacation
Comments (24)I've been online for 3 days straight trying to sort this out. We are flying into Calgary (July) & staying 11 nights. Our flight arrives late & we are staying in a hotel near the airport & heading to either Jasper or Glacier National Park, the next morning. Jasper 3 nights, Chateau Lake Louise 2 nights, Glacier National Park, St. Mary's 3 nights & back to Moraine Lake Lodge for 2 nights. I don't have any nights in Banff. I know the Lake Louise & Moraine Lake hotel areas will be packed with people. I'm hoping by staying in on-site hotels we can enjoy less crowds in the mornings & evenings. Are we going to get tired of beautiful scenery? I'm also contemplating rearranging the order - maybe do Glacier first & then Lake Louise or Lake Moraine followed by Jasper & then back to Lake Louise or Lake Moraine....See Morexpost: Planning vacation to ID and MT...advice welcome!
Comments (12)We stayed at this VRBO just outside of West Glacier entrance. It was very nice and convenient for things on the west side of the park though we also drove to the east side which wasn't a big deal. When we went to Yellowstone we stayed in the park because it's so large and I have to say I enjoyed the modern conveniences of the VRBO more than the national park hotels. We had some meals at the Glacier park hotels so we saw them but I think I'm glad I didn't stay in one. DH brought his golf clubs and walked through the back yard of the VRBO to the nearby golf course to play a few times. It is in a little neighborhood and not the middle of no where inside the park. I did watch a black bear walk through the back yard however. West Glacier VRBO. I always do busy National Parks after Labor Day for smaller crowds. In Glacier some things shut down shortly after Labor Day so we went right after. DH says Coeur d’Alene, ID is nice though I’ve never been there....See MoreAnnie Deighnaugh
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