w did we eat well here. The park gives out drink coupons for about 6 different restaurants, and we ate at only 3 of them. The first day we were here, we stopped at the visitor center, wandered around the city park, and took a Lake cruise. While on the cruise, we saw some beautiful estates, some funky houses, and the floating 14th green at the resort golf club.
Steve hiked Tubbs Hill city park, and kayaked twice around the island. There is only very narrow canal that makes this place an island, and Steve missed it the first time, and kayaked up the Spokane river for awhile. One day we went to Sandpoint, on Lake Pend Oreille. This lake is over 1200 feet deep and was where WWII sub testing took place. As it is the deepest lake west of the Great Lakes, it is still used for submarine testing! While at Sandpoint, we partook of the local Laughing Dog Brewery tasting (Steve did anyway). This tasting includes 8 small beers delivered on a "dogbone" tray, and munchies served in "dog bowls". We even made friends with the 
brewery dog.
One of the last things we did here was to ride (on our bikes) the Route of the Hiawatha. This is a rails to trails ride of 14 miles that is all downhill! Yes, the shuttle will bring you back to the top! Yeah! Unfortunately for those of impaired night vision, there are 9 tunnels on this trail, including the first one, which is 2 miles long. Cathy got disoriented in the dark, and hit the wall on the right side, slid on the ucky wall, but continued on! She looked like a mess for awhile (until the mud dried), but apparently hit each leg on a pedal, and had some very ugly bruises for awhile.
What an inaguration of the bike!
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