Kamiah Idaho

We drove from Missoula Montana to Kamiah Idaho today. Another nice drive. We went over the Lolo pass which is not very LoLo, in fact it is pretty HighHigh. It wasn’t as steep as some I went over but long, especially the down grade. I dropped it down to 2nd gear and coasted all the way down. At the bottom of the grade Susan spotted the sign that said we were in for 77 miles of windy road. Susan does not handle curvy roads well but I took it slow and she did well. We traveled through the Clearwater National Forest, Nez Perce National Forest, and Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness following the Clearwater River all the way to Kamiah. This river is named appropriately. It is crystal clear the whole way. There are periods of rapids and periods of deep glassy water with sandy beaches. There were wild berries growing along the way but we didn’t stop to pick any.


We are camped out on Susan’s sisters property. They live out, and I do mean OUT, in Kamiah. You hang a right just before town and travel 20 miles over the hills into the wilderness. No cell phone coverage out here. They cleared a spot of land and are in the process of building a log cabin on the property. The cabin is really nice with 3 stories, the bottom level being underground. In the evenings the deer come up and graze on the grasses in the yard. Of course as soon as we arrived it rained. I think we are going to hire ourselves out as rain makers.