The Great Roadtrip of July 2012 – Camping Coeur d’Alene

Lake Coeur d'Alene

Shortly after our odometer flipped over 2000 miles, the road that was hugging the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene meandered across a meadow before joining up with the shore again. This provided us with views fit for a calendar.

Meadow

There are many campgrounds and bays along Lake Coeur d’Alene, and the one we ended up booking was in Bell Bay. Our campsite was right along the shores of Lake Coeur d’Alene, and the views were spectacular. We were very happy with our choice!

I took this photo of Claire and the campsite and then put the camera on the picnic table.

Then, Claire took this photo of us unloading the car. (I found this picture on the camera later!)

Tent, with a side of Lake View, coming right up.

This is what I love about camping with 6.5 year olds. They're very self-sufficient!

Another view of Bell Bay from our campsite. Beautiful!

Daddy and Claire checking out the view. I took this photo from our campsite. It's one of my favorites!

These photos are deceptive. It looks like you can walk right out to the shore from our tent, but in reality, there is a slope and then a steep path down to the rocky shore. This was actually the best of both worlds. I didn’t want to be right up on the water, but I wanted to see it from our site. Perfect!

I don't think I have a camping photo where the Camp Chef isn't hard at work. (He wouldn't have it any other way.)

It was fun exploring the trails all over this campground, down to the shore and a dock not too far from our tent.

The sunset views from our campsite were absolutely amazing.

Because the weather was totally different here than our stay in Oregon, we didn’t put the rainfly on the tent. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky. The entire top of our tent is mesh and provided an awe-inspiring view of the night sky.

As we drifted off to sleep to the sound of the waves lapping on the shore, we saw FIVE shooting stars right above our tent.

It doesn’t get much better than that.

Next update? Exploring Coeur d’Alene!

Stay tuned!

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