The Camping Trip that Changed America: Book Review

I just read the "Camping Trip that Changed America."  This tale is based on the true story of John Muir and President Theodore Roosevelt's camping trip.  The 65-year-old Muir was persuaded by his friends to take this "politician" on a tour of the Yosemite Valley. Would this camping trip motivate President Roosevelt to use federal law to protect U.S. forests? Yes! Roosevelt saved more wildland than any other president in history.  What a great book for the classroom!

Washington State: The Selkirk Loop

Falls, Trains, and Caves

Trip #3 Map

The sound of a great locomotive whistle, the feel of a damp dark limestone cave, and the beauty of a cascading waterfall beckons my family to Pend Oreille County.

Day 1:

Usk Bar and Grill-The back bar arrived on a river steamship in 1921.

Tiger Museum

Sweet Creek Falls

Ione: Lions Club Excursion Train- (Look at schedule)

Sweet Creek Falls -Milepost 10.72

Crawford State Park-Gardner Caves

Boundary Dam-

• Meet the people of Pend Oreille County

• Culture and attractions of Pend Oreille County

• Campground-free (reservations are not taken) Metaline Falls: Cutter Theater

• 

  Crawford State Park

  History
• Kirkland Kelsey Cutter

Sullivan Lake

• Noisy Creek Campground
• East Sullivan Lake Campground

Day 2:

Kalispel Tribe

• History
• Camas Aquatic Center-(Located inside the Camas Wellness Center)
• Annual Pow Wow
• Salish Language

Newport Washington

• Pend Oreille County Museum
• Lavendar Festival
• Historical Tour of Newport