[Mama_Bear]

[Mama_Bear]

I am off to bed. I will catch up with everyone in the morning. :-)

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[DollyCali]

Thank you for great read & the coffee you two! I have heard that Idaho & MOntana are gorgeous treasures that the locals want to keep hush , hush.

will be forwarding to a friend of mine in Montana..

[tame]

good morning :o)

i'm thinking of moving to idaho someday.

[tame]

This Idaho thing is BEAUTIFUL, mama_bear! i hate to admit it, but it's the first time i've read one of the state profiles. it's absolutely beautiful, and underscores why our's is the greatest country on earth.

[dixie sass]

Morning (I think).

I do so pledge.

I'm ready to go to Idaho and get some twice baked 'taters!

[PrivateIdaho]

As a native North Idahoan, I must compliment you on a beautiful presentation... Well Done!!!

Nice to hear someone say good things about Idaho, we usually only get national recognition when bad things happen around here.

Since we're in the spotlight, here's a couple more tidbits on North Idaho...

Coeur d'Alene - The World's Only Floating Golf Green

Coeur d'Alene is the home of the world's only floating green, located at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course. The floating green on the 14th measures 15,000 square feet and weighs nearly 5 million pounds. It can be moved on the water's surface via a set of cables attached to the lake bottom to change the distance to the hole from 75 yards to 175 and greater.

Coeur d'Alene - The World's Longest Floating Boardwalk

Coeur d'Alene has the world's longest floating boardwalk, located at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. It was built in 1986 and required 1,600 float logs (each 32 feet long) 28,000 pounds of spikes, and 8,000 pounds of bolts to complete. The boardwalk is anchored by 150 tons of concrete along with strategically placed pilings.

Silver Valey - The World's Longest Gondola

Silver Mountain Ski and Summer Resort, located 30 miles east of Coeur d'Alene, is home to the world's longest single-stage gondola.

Lake Pend Oreille - The Fifth Deepest Lake in the Nation

The 43-mile-long lake is nearly as long as Lake Ontario and is deeper than the famous Loch Ness. During the Second World War the largest Navel Base in the World, Farragut was here on Lake Pend Oreille - 300,000 sailors passed through Farragut. Presently it is an acting Sonar Testing Navel Base.

[Argh]

Idaho is the Gem State? That figures, I know a gem from there.

[Jeff Head]

Thanks mama_bear for this wonderul tribute to a wonderful, "Gem" of a state, and thanks to you and AuntB for the ping.

We have lived here for the last eight years, but my wife and her family were from here, and so ever since our marriage almost 27 years ago, we have spent a lot of time here in the state.

Here's couple of links that relate to my current work with the government securing and protecting some of the more remote infrastructure located in the Gem State, the pics at these links will give all a closer view of some of those beautiful, remote areas here.

Securing and Protecting Homeland Infrastucture I

Securing and Protecting Homeland Infrastucture II.