Day 11 heading to Idaho

Not much new in the driving for the first two hours or so.  As we approached Idaho, the mountains surrounding us were filled with evergreens of all sizes.  We didn't have a reservation because this was a last minute diversion to do the Rails to Trails bike ride which goes for about 15 mikes along an old railway  in Montana and ending in Idaho.  Very few choices, but we did get a site in a funky town called Wallace.  Both of us were hungry so we stopped at a pizzeria that advertised calzones, subs additionally.  When we went in, we were met with "we don't have any meat today". Asking advice we stopped short of her recommendation which happened  to be the pub/brew house/restaurant right in the RV park and went to the closest place to plan our attack.  The RV park is weird, although there apparently is a cult following that come here hear after year.  Imagine going under an expressway, seeing a restaurant, brebub and RV park signs.  Beyond that is a tiny cottage and a narrow strip of spots for RVs.  No picnic tables.  No fire pits and just enough room to site outside your rig, but not with a sun shade thing cuz it would bang your neighbor.  One side is along a lovely creek and across the creek are little cottages you can rent.  On both sides are massive trees and in reality you are in a gulley.
On the creek side there is enough space to sit behind your stuff, but on the side we are on, there is only road.  We have a full hookup. Sitting outside facing the creek at this time of night the shadows on the trees are really pretty.  The noise from the traffic behind us. Not so much.
We took a walk through town which closes up tight at 4:00.  It is an old railroad town that survived the great fire of 1910 which spread over three states (Idaho, Montana and Washington),  ut after the railroads clapped out entirely in the 70s it became a bit of a ghost town.  Over time, the community leaders figured out "to do or die" so they set themselves up,as a tourist town that hustles and bustles for about 6 weeks in the summer.  There are constant events,  a national park  trail that runs  at least 20 miles.  The shops are funny with the old building labels.  Took a lot of shots, and will try to get them uploaded. Which to me is a challenge and hit or miss.  There is a lovely old train depot close by (actually the whole town is close by and in easy walking distance) that houses memorabilia from the olden days.  Several years ago the state wanted to close the town down and put I 90 in its place.  The townspeople got together and decided to make all the homes historic homes, leaving the state no choice but to build the expressway over the town.
After the walk about town and noting everything was closed, we headed back to our site and had a great dinner.  We needed a couple of things so with 20.00 cash, I set about spending much more than that, but picked up a couple  of steaks that were to die for.  We had huckleberry pie and cream for dessert and settled In to watch Breaksfast at Tiffany's
 So back to the bike trailplan. We booked in for a day, but once we found out that they did not allow dogs on the trail and getting there is dicey pulling a trailer.  So we decided to book another night, leave the Tick Magnet in the Henhouse with the a/c because it was supposed to get up to 85 degrees.  This gave us the day to do the trail at our leisure and come back here to relax.
The trail takes us back to Montana Exit 5 and it goes downhill at a very gentle slope (.7 degrees) for a 1000 feet of elevation and lasting over 15 miles.  It crosses into Idaho where a sag wagon picks you up and takes you back in a winding road to Montana.