We basically spent 3 days exploring Idaho on a bike. The first day, as mentioned, was at Farragut State Park and we avoided Idaho State Parks following that night. The next day we had picked up groceries and parked in Coeur d'Alene where there is a lovely bunch of trails, many of them relatively new. There is the State Centennial Trail which travels through the city and then seems to follow the I-90 to the WA border. We experienced a wee bit of this at the end of our vacation in Spokane, because the trail connects to the Spokane River Trail. We chose to travel on the Coeur d'Alene Lake trail which took us close to the lake for a solid portion. Then we went through the central part of the city and it could have been better marked, but it was really quite lovely. There are not a lot of building cranes currently located in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Rather than take the State Centennial Trail, we chose to follow along the Spokane River and went through a couple of neighbourhoods that were new with large homes. The fall colours were gorgeous on that day. I'd definitely recommend this trail to others.
More than 10 years ago, we had experienced the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes on 2 separate occasions out of Plummer, ID and out of Cataldo, ID, on the I-90. This time, we parked at the town of Harrison and rode up to Rose Lake which we had reached from Cataldo 10 years ago. It was a nice ride and the trail is in good shape - might be great to try it during spring migration. One thing we did find was that we think they are working to "reclaim" some wetlands and so we did have to ride past a 10 km section of brush burning and equipment tearing up the area. The total ride that we did was 30 km each way and most of it was very good. A state highway is audible, but it wasn't that busy. It was good to see how well used the trail is - we encountered more than 60 people on the trail that day - mid-week in October. It's amazingly FLAT! Highly recommended.
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