Before moving to Montana I took a map of the state and started marking places I wanted to explore and Lochsa Lodge was one of those place. Technically, Lochsa Lodge is in Idaho but seeing how it's only a few miles from the Montana state border it still counts. Tucked between the Lewis & Clark Trail and the Lochsa River just off Highway 12, Lochsa Lodge is a quiet mountain getaway comprised of a lodge and a dozen small cabins. Surrounded by miles and miles of forest, we headed out of town for a night to just get away, read, play in the snow and relax.
We arrived in the early afternoon, checked into our small cabin and headed out to play in the snow. We forgot snowshoes and the lodge wasn't renting them so we made the best of the situation. We tried hiking along the river but couldn't get far because the snow was more than five feet deep in some places. We changed direction and headed up the hill to a forest service road where the snow was compact and he could run, run run and run some more. He ran up and down the ski trails and the road and took running jumps into the snow. He was like a kid on a snow day.
All in all, a nice retreat from our small city. I could go without the snowmobiles and how they sound like a choir of chainsaws, leaf blowers and lawn mowers echoing off the valley walls but that's as big a part of life out here as hunting and fishing. If you don't embrace winter, you go crazy. This is our way of embracing winter. When we weren't outside in the snow we snuggled under some blankets by the fire reading and I did a little writing and made a few pictures...
Our Cabin
Cabin Art
Morning View from the Cabin
Rabbit Ears
Oslo sinking in 4 feet of snow
Pouting because he has to get in the car
After a long day of playing in the snow
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