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The Yaak Attack -
June 29th- July 1st, 2007
Another short,
wonderful weekend getaway in the northern tip of Idaho and northwestern
Montana. The route: Hayden, Sandpoint, Bonners Ferry, into
Montana, Yaak, Rexford, Eureka, Libby, Troy, back into Idaho, Clark Fork,
Sandpoint and Hayden.
Here is our route:
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The Yaak Attack as it is known by the locals
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The Troy Loop from last weekend for comparison
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We kept switching
cameras so it is a little hard to figure out who took what photo. So I
have divided the photos up by camera.
Click on thumbnail to view photo
Nikon Coolpix 8800
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The Yaak River Falls
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A colapsed cabin from the old west
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The Pete Creek Campground near Yaak
A clean campsite, lots of trees, photogenic cliffs, water, restrooms and a great, sandy swimming area with a small gravel beach. Several of the campsites are "walk-in" meaning there is nowhere within 50-100 feet to park a car or camper. |
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Heading down from the mountain pass east of Yaak into the Libby Damm reservoir valley across from Rexford, MT
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Our first view of Lake Koocanusa - the Libby Dam Reservoir
The name of this lake is completely made up: "Koo" from Kootenai National Forest, "can" for Canada and, of course, "usa" for the USA. |
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The Ross Creek Cedar Grove. These are ancient, old growth cedar trees, the largest of which are 500+ years old. A beautiful area!
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Panasonic DMC-FZ50
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The Yaak River Falls
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The remains of an old hunting cabin
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The old west cabin again
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The grand town of Yaak, which consists of about a half dozen buildings
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A small creek east of Yaak
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We had a huge storm the day we left leaving most of the northern tip of Idaho and northwestern Montana with lots of trees down and without electricity
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The locals were very busy cutting trees from the roads everywhere around us. Quite a few people where stuck because roads were blocked.
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Lake Koocanusa with the mountains in the backgound
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The Libby Dam
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A hawk sitting at the base of the dam - on the second cement wall
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The Ross Creek Cedar Grove
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How did the logging industry miss these?
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Setting the camera for a photo into the canopy
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These are either intertwined roots or a burl.
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In a campground on Lake Ponderay near Clark Fork
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