We took a route I had driven only once before with my dad back in 1996. It goes north to Eureka, Montana, then goes west to cross Lake Koocanusa and then on a small narrow road through the Kootenai national forest before coming reaching private lands and houses. This is a remote area.
We took a different route back. Tammy didn't like the remote road we had driven on earlier, especially as the road was not straight. We constantly were turning this way and that between Lake Koocanusa and theYaak. And of course there had been no cell phone service once we moved away from Eureka.
So we headed down to Highway 2 even though this route back to Kalispell is longer. I marked the route in red below. The blue line was a shorter route but we were told there was road construction on the blue highway that had long delays.
There was more traffic on this road, and it was straighter - or at least as straight as roads through the mountains can be. And more opportunities for cell phone service which made Tammy happy. The downside was that there was more deer on this road, of which I mentioned when I posted earlier about the deer that jumped over the highway's guard rail and into Tammy's minivan.
Here are photos of our drive to the house in the Yaak.
The first two photos were taken on Highway 93 on our way to Eureka. Snow on the mountains already.
Lake Koocanusua. Looking south.
Lake Koocanusua. Looking north towards Canada.
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| Bridge over Lake Koocanusa. |
More north looking Lake Koocanusa views.
Most of the Rocky Mountains in Northern Montana have crumbly rock not suitable for rock climbing. Some of the mountains near Lake Kocanusua are not crumbly and apparently are good for rock climbing.
This is the road between Lake Koocanusa and the Yaak area. A long enough straight section where I could take a photo.
View from the road.
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