I haven’t enjoyed a drive lately as much as I enjoyed the drive from Boise, Idaho to Lewiston, ID. Leaving Boise on ID-55, almost immediately you are into the mountains, driving along the Payette River. You start at 2500 feet and climb to a plateau at 5500 feet where I camped at Cascade Lake. Headed north through McCall, you meet up with US-95 and continue north as you work your way down a canyon similar to Hells Canyon to Riggins at 1800 feet where you meet up with the Salmon River. After following the Salmon River for 25 miles you bottom out at 1500 feet and leave the Salmon River behind as you start the climb up to the Camas Plateau and Grangeville at 3400 feet. From Grangeville, I continued across the Camas Plateau to Winchester at 3900 feet where I stayed 5 nights at Winchester State Park. All of these photos were taken within 25 miles of Winchester. From Winchester, I dropped down to 750 feet in Lewiston where I’ll be staying for 8 days at Hells Gate State Park starting 7/1/19.
These fields of canola used for making cooking oil were on the Camas Plateau
This is the old Stock school house in use from 1904 to 1949.
This is said to be the face of Chief Joseph (1840-1904) who was a leader of the Wallowa band of the Nez Perce Tribe,
The Camas Prairie Railroad operated from 1909 to 1998. It is a source of pride for the local people. The bridges and tunnels built for the railroad were a great achievement. “Camas Prairie Railroad Company was a short line railroad in northern Idaho jointly owned and operated by Northern Pacific Railway and Union Pacific Railroad. The Camas Prairie Railroad was known as the “railroad on stilts” due to the many wooden trestles along its route. Wikipedia“
Dog Bark Park is a B&B in Cottonwood, ID. The owner is a carpenter and carver of wood.
