Ultimate Road Trip Routes to Silverwood: Seattle, Portland & Calgary

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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Silverwood, come jined out fun.

Speaker 2 (00:07):
Thrills that'll make Chester Silver come tne out fun, silver.

Speaker 3 (00:11):
Wood, come tied up fun. Well, hey there, welcome to
this week's episode of The Silverwood Show podcast.

Speaker 1 (00:17):
My name is Sarah Jean.

Speaker 3 (00:18):
I am your host and the pr manager here at Silverwood,
and I'm here with my co host, Jordan Carter, the
director of Marketing and Entertainment. And this week we've got
a special episode for our out of towners. Why not
take a little road trip to Silverwood and see a
lot of really cool things along the way. We live
in a great region, the Pacific Northwest is just bursting

(00:41):
at the seams with stuff to do, from national parks
to different landmarks, to different places to eat, you name it.
So what are we going to talk from like Seattle, Portland.

Speaker 2 (00:52):
Portland, Calgary, how do you get to Silverwood and maybe
make some stops along the.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
Way exactly and maybe some of our personal favorites that
have been tried and tested and are definitely wins. So
we'll be talking about that here in just a few minutes.
But you know what, let's skip the park pulse, because
do we have anything to talk about?

Speaker 2 (01:10):
Skip to the mail train to the mail train, whale train.

Speaker 3 (01:14):
Okay, So you guys have been writing in with your
birding questions about the park and we keep getting more
and more loyal listeners. If you want to become a
loyal listener or ask us a question, head to Silverwidthenepark
dot com slash Podcast. But let's pick a few of
our favorites from this week. I did get a question
from Denise, and I'd say her last name, but I
can't pronounce it. Okay, So Denise wants to know what

(01:35):
was it like the first time you experienced Silverwood. She
remembers going as a kid for her dad's annual company
picnics and it was always a highlight of her summer.
So go ahead, Jordan, what was it like the first
time you experienced it?

Speaker 2 (01:46):
The first time I experienced Silverwood, I was actually in
high school, yeah, because I grew up in Western Washington,
and then we came out here for a basketball camp.
I think it was at either Gonzaga or Wentworth and
we took some time, I'm as a team to come
out to Silverwood, and so I remember not a lot

(02:07):
of just I mean, I remember walking Main Street, I
remember riding the roller coaster, because I was a roller
coaster junkie and it was kind of a whirlwind just
for like a one day quick in and out of Silverwood.
But I do remember like the clean cleanliness of the
park and just how quaint it felt. So this was
probably like two thousand and six, two thousand and five.

Speaker 1 (02:31):
Did you think to yourself, like, I want to work
here someday.

Speaker 2 (02:34):
Well, I mean I grew up loving theme parks, right,
so we would always drive down to California and hit
some of those. Actually, when I graduated high school, we
took a roller coaster trip around the country. We drove
down to California and then we flew over to the
East Coast and ended at Cedar Point. And so I
always knew that I wanted to be in like the
theme park industry. Yeah, so I did I think this place? Yeah, specifically,

(02:59):
probably not for a career, Like I probably didn't think
that that was even possible, but here I am.

Speaker 1 (03:04):
So yeah, oh yeah exactly.

Speaker 2 (03:07):
So, I mean I just remember having a blast with
friends and writing the rides, and I don't after Shock
wasn't here yet, but I had ridden after Shock in
six Flags Magic Mountain. Yeah, it was called Deja Vu.
Back then, but yeah, so so crazy. Yeah, everything kind
of comes around circle.

Speaker 1 (03:26):
It really does.

Speaker 3 (03:27):
I was a little girl, like a little little girl,
so it was probably eighty eight or eighty nine, back
in the air show days, and so Dad and I
would come to the air shows. All my uncles are pilots,
and everybody's a pilot in my family, and so I
knew it was a little girl, I wanted to be
a pilot someday, and so that was just always super fascinating.

Speaker 1 (03:46):
But I do.

Speaker 3 (03:47):
Remember writing what was that one that we no longer
have that went around in circles like a ferris wheel?

Speaker 1 (03:52):
Skydiver?

Speaker 3 (03:53):
Yep, I remember writing Skydiver terrified as a little girl
in Skydiver, dad was terrified, So that one stick out
a lot. But yeah, just really fond memories with my
dad as a little girl, and far before really a
lot of the rides really got here.

Speaker 1 (04:10):
So yeah, and then high school trips.

Speaker 3 (04:12):
I mean I definitely grew up here, and but that
was my fondest memory is definitely sitting there watching the
air shows with Dud.

Speaker 1 (04:18):
So crazy, yeah, and.

Speaker 2 (04:20):
It's grown since. I mean back in the early two thousands,
I didn't I don't know if I knew a lot
of people that made the trip over here from western Washington,
but now I hear all the time from We saw
a family over there that you know, they're talking to
people and they're going over to Silverwood. That's like their
vacation for the summer. So I'm glad we're doing this
because I think there's a lot of people that come

(04:41):
for their first time exactly, and they want to experience
all that Silverwood has to offer. But they're making that
road trip, and where do we stop during that time,
especially if you have little.

Speaker 3 (04:48):
Kids and those memories with those little kids, like Denise.
So thank you Denise for that question. That's a great one.
We have Jackie that wrote in she wants to know
what are the best things for older couples to do
at the park and enjoy their time at silver Weed.

Speaker 1 (05:01):
I love that.

Speaker 3 (05:01):
That's a great question. And you know what's really funny
is here on Saturday, I saw a lot of elderly
couples in the park and it was great. I mean
the whole hand holding, like couple goals type stuff. And
so to see elderly couples still coming in and just
having the best time, and we can't say that they.

Speaker 2 (05:20):
Don't love rides, No, they I've filmed a lot of
elderly couples riding timber tear together, riding tremors, especially tremors
with the update now, because I know that's probably that's
helped a big A big reason why they probably didn't
was because of how shaky it was, which now it's
so smooth and it's not as intense as like going
upside down on aftershock or stunt pilot or something like that.

(05:43):
So yeah, I would say, I would say, if you can't,
tremors is probably up there.

Speaker 1 (05:48):
They love the log flumes.

Speaker 3 (05:50):
We're seeing, you know, grandma and Grandpa in the long
log flume having the best time ever. But of course,
if you do want to relax a little bit, we
got the train ride, we got the magic show, Lazy River,
Lazy River. Yes, you go over to the water park side,
hang out in the wavepool all day long.

Speaker 1 (06:06):
So definitely a lot of options.

Speaker 2 (06:08):
Yeah, and I've seen not only like couples riding together,
but they you know, grandpa takes a grandchild and they
get to experience a moment together. I recorded Grandpa with
his grandchild on timber Terre number of years back. We
still use his footage. Yeah, and he still talks about

(06:29):
to this day because I know them about that time
because his little grandchild was grandson was was scared and
so he was able to comfort him the whole ride,
and he talks about how special that was. And now
they're riding and he's older.

Speaker 3 (06:43):
Now and they're writing together together still and now grandson
is comforting Granda.

Speaker 2 (06:46):
Yeah, exactly the opposite anything switch is right.

Speaker 3 (06:50):
So there are a lot of things for our older
couples to do.

Speaker 1 (06:53):
So we hope you're not here.

Speaker 3 (06:54):
And I will say I know a lot of older
couples really love their r v's and doing RV trips.
Got the RV park. It's a great way to come
and really enjoy the park at your own pace.

Speaker 1 (07:04):
If you stay here for a few.

Speaker 2 (07:05):
Days, well, I think you start to appreciate the little
things of what this park actually does offer, which is
like the gardens, the beautiful, beautiful grounds, and the birds,
the birds, but also just like the little details the
food how specially unique the food options are.

Speaker 3 (07:23):
Sitting down at Lindy's and watching that you know, nineteen
fifteen steam engine train roll in. That's special. That's definitely special.
So I say, plan a date night and get out here, Jackie.
So thank you for that question. We have Micah that
wrote in he wants to know what's it like operating
a family owned theme park in today's amusement climate where
seed a Fair, six Flags and Disney.

Speaker 1 (07:45):
And the like are dominating the market. I mean it's amazing.

Speaker 2 (07:49):
Yeah, well, I think we have something special.

Speaker 1 (07:51):
We really do.

Speaker 2 (07:53):
Back and forth, back and forth with the more national brands,
it's all about like who has the big ride, who
has the fastest ride, And for here it's like we're family,
you know, we want we want things that are going
to be from the eldest coming out to the park
to the youngest that they can all ride together. And
so that's where I think this park really shines. As

(08:14):
like Thunder Canyon, almost everybody can ride together, log from
almost everybody can ride together. And even like Tremor's and
timber Tear, I mean forty two inches, My daughter rode
them when she was four years old on that and
I will never forget that moment. And so we don't.
We aren't in the coaster arms race. And I know
like Disney and Universal, like they have some of those,

(08:35):
but they can go all out on theming. Right here,
we're just focused on the moment, the memories and the memories, yes.

Speaker 1 (08:42):
And all the storytelling that can come with it.

Speaker 3 (08:44):
So and I have to say too, it's wonderful because
I almost feel like we like we save the classic coaster. Yeah,
a lot of people look at us and they're like,
thank you so much for saving that coaster. Thank you
so much for saving that coaster. So we're kind of
there's love that goes up to this. It's a little
bit different than if you were with a more corporate park.
And so yeah, a lot of love and care goes

(09:06):
into our decision making.

Speaker 2 (09:07):
And like looking at some of these like bigger property properties,
they have ips or intellectual properties that they really pushed,
so like the Star Wars, all the Disney brands, yeah,
Harry Potter, all of these that are amazing lands that
are like hyper hyper involved. But here, I mean, our

(09:28):
goal is really to to be natural, right and so
fully Northwest themed. That's why a water park is really
meant to be like a national park, and that's what
that's the goal is to for that to look like that.
And so I think we're able to create our own
type of things, you know, our own type of memory
is our own type of theming that isn't necessarily tied

(09:51):
to anything that you might know. So you come here
and you get you get a unique experience and going
back a trip to yesteryear was the original slogan for here,
and I think that's what is encompassing is when you
come here, you don't have to have your phone in
your hands.

Speaker 1 (10:07):
Yes, you can disconnect, disconnect and enjoy.

Speaker 2 (10:10):
What matters most is those memories that you'll live forever.

Speaker 3 (10:14):
So that there's the difference right there. I mean, it's perfect.
So Micah, thank you for noticing that. And definitely a
great question. So those are our questions for the week.
And it's time, I say, for us to do a
little randomizing of a certain number so we can call
this week's loyal listener winner.

Speaker 2 (10:38):
We have a winner.

Speaker 3 (10:39):
Okay, number one six one oh one thousand, six hundred.

Speaker 2 (10:44):
In that's got to be a recent, recent one.

Speaker 3 (10:48):
It must be a really recent one. And wow, lucky you,
we're getting up there. So let's give her a call.

Speaker 1 (10:58):
Hello, Hey is this Caleb. This is hey Caleb.

Speaker 3 (11:03):
This is Sarah and Jordan from the Silverwood Show podcast
here at Silverwood Theme Park.

Speaker 1 (11:06):
How are you?

Speaker 2 (11:09):
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Speaker 1 (11:13):
Yes, you're this week's lial listener.

Speaker 2 (11:16):
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Speaker 3 (11:21):
The best I think we've ever gotten. So Caleb, I
love that you're excited, because we're excited too. And we're
gonna give you a pair of tickets to the park
and play a little game with you. Sure, okay, Okay,
we're gonna go quest. We'll go fast for you to
win money though. Yeah, you coming up to seventy five
dollars in Silverwood cash. All you have to tell us
is if the statements are true or false? Okay, all right, Okay,

(11:44):
can aftershock reach speeds of sixty five miles per hour?

Speaker 1 (11:47):
True or false? True? Five dollars in the bank? Okay.

Speaker 3 (11:52):
Second question or statement dynamite. Dan has his own wanted
poster in the park.

Speaker 1 (11:59):
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Speaker 2 (12:02):
Yes, that's a trick question forever. This has only been
here for two years, so it's it's his counter big
But anyway, we'll move on.

Speaker 3 (12:11):
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River is Bullhorn Creek.

Speaker 2 (12:18):
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good job moving on. You have ten dollars.

Speaker 3 (12:27):
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a car without a license in country carnival.

Speaker 1 (12:34):
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You can drive a car without a license.

Speaker 2 (12:42):
That's a little tricky trick.

Speaker 1 (12:43):
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Speaker 2 (12:45):
Okay, next one, last, last true false.

Speaker 3 (12:48):
Silverwood roasts its own coffee on site. Silverwood roasts its
own coffee on site. Oh there, yes, fifteen dollars in
the bank.

Speaker 1 (13:06):
Okay, and now we have a fifty dollars question.

Speaker 2 (13:08):
So this next one's worth fifty dollars. Okay. I'm gonna
play a SoundBite. It's a ride in Silverwood or Bowler Beach,
and you get a guess what this SoundBite is. I'll
tell you Corkscrew and tremors have been guessed and they
were both wrong. So here comes the SoundBite. What ride

(13:29):
is that? After shuck? Correct? Yes, you want another fifty dollars.
So you're at sixty five dollars and two tickets to Silverwood.

Speaker 3 (13:45):
Nice work, good thing you decided to take a two
minute break.

Speaker 2 (13:47):
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Speaker 1 (13:51):
Gosh, congratulations, Caleb.

Speaker 3 (13:53):
Hey, I'm going to leave that gift card and those
tickets and will call under your name. I will give
you a call after the podcast, just confirm everything with you.
But yeah, two tickets anytime you want to use them
the season.

Speaker 2 (14:05):
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Speaker 1 (14:08):
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Speaker 2 (14:38):
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Speaker 3 (14:39):
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Speaker 1 (14:50):
Let's head on into the big.

Speaker 2 (14:51):
Drop, the big drup.

Speaker 1 (14:59):
So Jordan, we we.

Speaker 3 (15:00):
Have a lot of visitors from out of town and shock,
what are our most populated places that come this way?

Speaker 2 (15:07):
Seattle, Seattle, Western Washington area. Portland has grown a lot.
So like that Portland, Columbia gorge down to Salem and
then Calgary is a bigger Canadian market for us. So
we're gonna focus on those three Yeah, and some.

Speaker 3 (15:22):
Of the fun things that you can do coming from
those directions. Do we start with Seattle?

Speaker 2 (15:26):
Since Seattle, I think we need to give a little bit.
So we were thinking about this idea, and we both
have driven these roads a lot, a lot. Typically when
we're driving these roads, we're like, let us get to
the destination. But if you want to make it more
of a trip, we asked our good friend Chat gpt
one of the best stops on our way from Seattle
to Cordelaine, or Portland to Cortland, or Calgary to Qudlaine. Yeah,

(15:50):
so we're going to go down those that list right now,
and then we'll throw in our two cents of what
we like to do.

Speaker 3 (15:54):
Yeah, yeah, exactly. So what does Chat think you should
do from Seattle?

Speaker 2 (15:58):
So from Seattle, let me open it up Seattle. They'll
take the ninety okay, yeah, let me find my Seattle
on just there with.

Speaker 1 (16:09):
Me, ye ninety ninety.

Speaker 2 (16:12):
Yes. So they were over snow Qualm Pass. Yes, absolutely,
so they say the first stop is about forty five
minutes into your drive from Seattle. In it's at Snow
Quam Falls.

Speaker 3 (16:22):
Yes, absolutely, Oh my gosh. That waterfall is one of
my all time favorites.

Speaker 1 (16:26):
Easy to get to.

Speaker 3 (16:26):
You just park in the parking lot, you cross the
bridge and you head over there and boom. Yeah, one
of the most majestic waterfalls.

Speaker 2 (16:33):
You've probably a d and there's some great views of
that waterfall. And then they say for extra grab a
coffee at the Salish Lodge.

Speaker 3 (16:40):
Absolutely, Oh my gosh, it's it's so photo worthy.

Speaker 1 (16:43):
It's a great stop. It is a great stop, and
it's dog friendly.

Speaker 3 (16:46):
You can bring your dog to not inside, but out
to see the waterfall, just so you know.

Speaker 2 (16:51):
Yeah. And then from there they say just go to
North Bend, which is right up the road from there,
and stop. This has fans of the show Twin Peaks
can stop at Tweeds Cafe, Okay for a slice of
cherry pie and some TV nostalgia.

Speaker 1 (17:08):
I love that.

Speaker 2 (17:09):
Yeah. No, I haven't seen that show either, so I know,
I know I'm getting ridiculed all over the place. But
North Bend is beautiful, and so to stop there and
grab grab some.

Speaker 3 (17:22):
Every me and that is your like stop, that's the
go get your snacks before the road trips. Stop if
anybody wants anything, you're going to please the whole family,
because I think they have like every fast food.

Speaker 2 (17:33):
Yeah, I mean from there, I mean your next the
only really next stop is probably clay Elum. Yeah, once
you get over the pass, so you have some time,
So that's a good stop before you head over that pass.

Speaker 3 (17:42):
Get your coffee up with gas, yeah, exactly if you
can get yourself a spot at one of the gas.

Speaker 1 (17:47):
Stations, because I know that because it's kind of of
a mess. Yeah. So right, and then you're headed towards
clay Elum. How many stops there?

Speaker 2 (17:55):
They don't. They don't have a stop at clay em
But they have a stop at Lake easton State in
eastern Washington, which I know is like right before.

Speaker 1 (18:02):
Clinton, Yeah, which is beautiful.

Speaker 2 (18:04):
It's about ninety minutes from Seattle, peaceful lake for picnics,
quick swims, and great mountain views. That's what that's what
they say to stop.

Speaker 3 (18:12):
Yeah, get out those snacks and go grab yourself a
day youth area and have some snacks and enjoy some
fresh air and shake off those legs.

Speaker 2 (18:20):
That whole area is just beautiful in general. So I
don't think you can go wrong with any stop if
it's on top of the mountain. I know they have
like the ski area on top of the mountain, not
in the summer, but around that area the.

Speaker 1 (18:31):
Lake with all the stumps.

Speaker 2 (18:33):
I love that.

Speaker 3 (18:34):
But that's just such a cool even just if you's
right after, Yeah, that's really really cool.

Speaker 1 (18:39):
So you continue it.

Speaker 2 (18:40):
And then and then it says Ellensburg is the next stop. Yes,
if you aren't stopping at clay lm Ellensburg's probably your
next stop for maybe a bite d lunch.

Speaker 3 (18:50):
There is a Mexican restaurant there that is delicious, absolutely delicious.
I don't remember what it's called, but when I worked
in radio and we take our road trips to go
see concerts in Seattle, we'd always stop at this Mexican
restaurant and at everybody's favorite. So it's the only one there. Well,
it's right there in that mainst I think, how much.

Speaker 2 (19:08):
What a you're talking about? I've stopped there. So my
wife's parents are over in my parents in law parents
in law works are over in Burlington, Washington, some Mount
Vernon area and Bellingham, and so sometimes we bring our
daughter and we meet them halfway in Ellensburg and we
stop at that that place for a quick bite to

(19:29):
eat before they take her for like a week long vacation.
It's over there.

Speaker 1 (19:34):
Yeah, it's a good little central area, ye spot.

Speaker 3 (19:36):
So if you are meeting friends maybe on the other
side of the mountains, that's where y'all.

Speaker 1 (19:39):
Meet up and head towards silver Wood.

Speaker 3 (19:42):
Again, stop and get your gas if you need to
get another cup of coffee, whatever's necessary.

Speaker 1 (19:47):
Go to Central Washington University.

Speaker 2 (19:49):
My next I mean, if you have any like high
school aged kids who are looking for, you know, college
down the road, stop at Central, walk around the campus
and just I always enjoyed doing that when I was
in high school of just making sure. I mean we
flew to these coast stop and looking at the college
campuses over there and stuff. It's always fun to dream
of what it could be and maybe it might be
right fit for.

Speaker 1 (20:08):
You, you never know.

Speaker 3 (20:09):
So lots of farmland and all that you've you've left
the mountains, now you're in the farmland, and now you're
continuing to head that direction. What's next for chat GPT.

Speaker 2 (20:20):
So they say actually at Ellensburg to stop at the
Yellow Church Cafe.

Speaker 1 (20:24):
Oh which church cafe?

Speaker 2 (20:26):
I've never been there. But so take note, you're welcome
Yellow Church Cafe. Yeah right, And then they say to
stop at the Ginko Petrified Forest State Park, which is
an advantage right when you're aboudy to cross over the Columbia.
So I've done that, Okay, I haven't, so tell me.

Speaker 1 (20:44):
There's there's cooler things advantage. Let me just say that.

Speaker 3 (20:48):
I mean it's cool because you can say you did it.
It's basically a bunch of little boxes on a hiking
trail with zero shade that have little pieces of petrified
wood in them.

Speaker 2 (20:59):
It's me yeah, well for me, okay.

Speaker 3 (21:03):
But I mean you can mark it off your list
and say you saw a petrified forest. I mean the
forest used to be there right now it's just dirt.

Speaker 2 (21:09):
I think it's more about the views of the of
the Gorge Columbia River all which does it say the horses, Yes,
because that's the next stop which maybe we pass over
the ging go which they can go.

Speaker 1 (21:19):
But there is a cool park right there.

Speaker 3 (21:21):
In fact, my grandparents and I used to always have
we have family reunions down there, and there's a great
park with great swimming. Whenever I went to the Gorge
for a festival, you always go there for a little
bit of swimming. So if you want to stop and
maybe take a quick dip, sure, if it's a nice
hot summer day, that's a great place to do it.

Speaker 1 (21:38):
So, but then continue over that bridge.

Speaker 2 (21:40):
Yeah, right on the other side is the Wild Horse Monument.

Speaker 1 (21:44):
Amazing.

Speaker 2 (21:45):
It's literally right on the other side, and it's up
on like the overpath like looking over the river and
all that beautiful, beautiful. It's a quick trip.

Speaker 1 (21:54):
Yeah, yeah, park you can hike up there all the
way up to the horses. I believe unless came we.

Speaker 2 (22:01):
Marked it off used to. I mean we've done that
maybe a couple of years. Yeah, a couple years ago
we were. But it's a great photo op for everybody.

Speaker 1 (22:08):
Very much.

Speaker 3 (22:09):
So it's beautiful. So and those are are by a
artist who is very well known.

Speaker 1 (22:14):
You'll have to read all the information.

Speaker 3 (22:16):
About where those came to be because it's actually pretty
fascinating how they got those sources up there so and
why they're there.

Speaker 2 (22:21):
So cool. Yeah, it's very cool, And I mean I
would say it's not on here, but maybe plan your
trip if you are, you know, teenagers twenty something. Things
coming over to Silverwood for the weekend is to plant
it around one of the Gorge festivals of some sort, oh.

Speaker 1 (22:37):
My gosh, or just a show.

Speaker 3 (22:39):
But yeah, it's there's nothing like the Gorge. If you
have not seen a show at the Gorge, it's heaven.
I mean it's absolute heaven. You've never heard acoustics until
you've heard music echoing off that those river walls.

Speaker 1 (22:52):
It's unbelievable.

Speaker 2 (22:54):
So I've never been, You've never never been. No, I've
I've gone and picked someone up from there, But have
you ever been and watched.

Speaker 1 (23:01):
A show though, Oh my gosh, it's unbelievable.

Speaker 3 (23:04):
So I went to Red Rocks for the first time
here recently, and I can say as very cool as
Red Rocks is. I mean a lot of people compare
it to Red Rocks, and I actually do think that's
a gorgeous better.

Speaker 2 (23:15):
Well, I know some artists they're like, we're coming here
every single year.

Speaker 3 (23:18):
Dave Matthews every single Labor Day. I mean he's there
Labor Day weekend every single year. It takes up the
whole weekend. So yeah, that's a really cool idea. Now,
make sure if you do decide to stay, that you
get your camping in advanced there's also Cave b In
which offers some really cool lodging everything for you can
stay in a cave and a yurt or these really
cool tiny homes right in the midst of all the

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winery stuff, the vineyards and everything.

Speaker 2 (23:43):
And well, yeah, and if you do that, like I
don't say, a Friday night or a Saturday night, it's
only from there about three three and a half hours
to Silverwood, and so you could get up in the
morning and theoretically drive out and be out here because
we open at eleven, right.

Speaker 1 (23:58):
So yeah, that's a great midway stop.

Speaker 3 (24:00):
Honestly, if you wanted to do that, so I highly
recommended you wouldn't know it's there. Make sure to follow
the signs because you're going through just like nothing, and
you'll see a little sign, a little brown.

Speaker 1 (24:10):
Sign that says Gorge jump with theater.

Speaker 3 (24:12):
And you turn left and you go down like I
don't know if it's dirt road anymore, but you just
keep going past a Loan gas station and then all
of a sudden, all of this magic ye just breaks out.

Speaker 2 (24:22):
So it's very close. It's like George, right.

Speaker 3 (24:24):
Yeah, George Washington, George, George.

Speaker 2 (24:29):
From there it says Moses Lake is your next stop.

Speaker 1 (24:32):
I mean absolutely, yeah, I do love me Moses Lake.

Speaker 2 (24:35):
It's a great stop for any sort of food is another, and.

Speaker 1 (24:39):
Maybe some golf.

Speaker 2 (24:40):
They do a good golfing stop of the lake.

Speaker 1 (24:43):
Yeah. Fishing, they have great fishing.

Speaker 3 (24:45):
It's just like so lots of great little stops right there.
And if you just love farms, there's a lot of farms,
really cool farms.

Speaker 1 (24:53):
Especially a little game of like guess what crop that is?

Speaker 2 (24:56):
Guess guess that crop.

Speaker 1 (24:57):
Yeah, my dad and I do it all the time.

Speaker 2 (25:00):
Well, and if you're traveling in the winter, they have
like the little Christmas light displays as you as you
drive down there. So done that a lot as well.
But typically if you're driving out here, you're not in
the winter. So so now it's guess that crop. Yes,
And from Moses Lake, there's not a lot in between
there and Spokane. Spokano would be your next stop, the.

Speaker 1 (25:20):
Big straight stretch of highway. So do stop in Moses Lakes.
Pitch your legs because it gets a little Yeah, you.

Speaker 2 (25:26):
Have Ritzville through there that you could stop and get
some gas or a bite to eat. But Spokane's the
next big stop. And Spokane, I mean, Riverfront Park is
probably the most notorious I guess area for just like
enjoying and hanging out, especially if you're coming in coming
out for like hoop Fest or anything like that, Like

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you're going to be downtown Spokane.

Speaker 3 (25:49):
Yeahst is coming out, It sure is. Yeah, So there's
a good stop for sure, Big Red Wagon. They've got
the one stadium, they've got the pavilion, all the different things.
So there's concerts now at the pavilions. You can actually
go see a show under the pavilion and the lights
light up with the music.

Speaker 2 (26:04):
It's super cools, supero.

Speaker 3 (26:05):
Yeah, it's really really neat. So a lot of people
things to do down there, a lot of things in Spokane.

Speaker 2 (26:09):
I mean you're, oh, you're shopping, but then you finally
get to Quarterlay and typically people are staying in Quarterlay
or if you're coming out and you're staying at an
RV park. But you can take your time to get
here if you don't have to get to the park.
I mean it's only from Seattle. Yeah, it's about four
hours and forty five minutes to get to Silverwood specifically. Wow,
So it's not that bad. Not No, it's not bad.

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At all, and so you can take your time if
you have nowhere to be in a hurry, make.

Speaker 1 (26:34):
Quite the little road trip out of it, for sure.

Speaker 3 (26:36):
Lots of camping along the way too, if you're a camper,
I mean you name it.

Speaker 2 (26:40):
Yeah, And this has a little bonus scenic detour shot
does detail, which would be to take the Poloosee Scenic byway.

Speaker 1 (26:48):
Oh I agree, go kus oh me.

Speaker 2 (26:50):
Sorry, if you're coming from Seattle, you might not want to.

Speaker 3 (26:53):
Do that, or or maybe you do because you know
you've heard so much about how great Pulman is.

Speaker 2 (26:58):
But I will say this, all we talk about in
Seattle is how great Pullman is.

Speaker 1 (27:02):
Of course you do.

Speaker 3 (27:03):
There is one really cool hike that you can literally
just see the rolling hills of grain, and.

Speaker 2 (27:12):
That's what it talked about. Yeah, is rolling hills and
wheat fields super photogenic, especially golden at sunset.

Speaker 1 (27:18):
Yes, it's unbelievable.

Speaker 2 (27:19):
It is.

Speaker 3 (27:20):
It is very pretty and another college campus that you
could potentially go stop at, because yeah.

Speaker 1 (27:25):
Go Cooks. It's really pretty.

Speaker 3 (27:28):
You're coming over those wheat fields and there's just all
of this brick that just appears out of nowhere, and
there's just something specialble special about pulling into Pullman.

Speaker 2 (27:37):
Or you could just go the normal way and stop
like a gun zega. I mean there's that Washington University
and Cheney. There's a lot of areas that we can
go to.

Speaker 3 (27:44):
The Red Field, which is really cool. Yes, yes, yes,
it's very cool, so you know.

Speaker 2 (27:50):
But okay, so if she convinced you you.

Speaker 3 (27:54):
Could go that way sometimes, oh my goshells and go
get yourself a cal zone and it's going to change
your life for the better.

Speaker 2 (28:02):
Okay, we're all just we're preparing for Silverwood. Okay, Okay,
then Zone. The next place is we're going to come
from Portland.

Speaker 1 (28:08):
Portland my favorite, this is my favorite.

Speaker 2 (28:11):
That's your favorite road trip ever. I want you to
tell me what you do and I will see if
you're right around via chat.

Speaker 1 (28:17):
Well, I'm going to obviously start in Portland.

Speaker 3 (28:20):
If you're in one of the beach towns, you're gonna
obviously come up that way and then go through Portland.
But as you leave Portland, you're hitting that Columbia River Gorge.
Now I'm going to preface this with I know that
there was a recent fire there and so please be
aware of your surroundings. And things that are going on.
There might be some things closed that I'm not aware
of since that fire. But on a normal day to day,

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if there wasn't a fire that just happened at Rowena Crst,
you'd continue. A lot of people stop at Mount Nama.

Speaker 2 (28:46):
Falls falls on the list.

Speaker 3 (28:48):
Yes, that's a very popular one, and it is. It's
absolutely stunning. There's a really cool hike you can go
up to the upper falls. Also great place to stop
and get some food and coffee and everything like that.

Speaker 1 (28:58):
But I don't always stop there.

Speaker 2 (29:01):
Where do you stop.

Speaker 3 (29:02):
There's a lot of crowds at Moltnomah and there are
waterfalls that are just as cool, if not cooler, along
that old historic Columbia Gorge Highway, so take a little time.
It's very curvy, very narrow at parts, but that drive
is unlike anything. And there are waterfalls. There's a whole
waterfall drive and you can stop every single waterfall. Most

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of them you can actually see from the road. There
are some that are really really cool hikes and you
could see I think there's I mean there's tons and
tons of waterfalls, but I think just from the road
you can see up to like seven you can.

Speaker 2 (29:36):
See a lot. I know when we drive that road,
we're always like, Okay, whoever can point out the most
waterfalls wins. Yeah. When I was in college, I went
to college outside of Portland. Yeah, and we took a
trip to just past Moltnomah and I think it was
Angel Falls and there's like a peak that and as
a basketball team, we ran up to the top.

Speaker 1 (29:56):
You ran up that.

Speaker 2 (29:57):
Yeah, it was rough, that is, but it was beautiful
from out there. And then we as a team we
jogged back down. But I always remember that because it
was just it was so beautiful. We could have gone further,
but we decided we're going to stop right here and
just look over the gorge.

Speaker 1 (30:12):
It's beautiful see everything.

Speaker 3 (30:13):
And there's the lookout there, the old viewpoint, which is
just incredible. I will say, if you want to add
a hike, say you're an outdoorsy person, A lot of
people really do love, you know, stopping for a bigger hike.
Tunnel Falls is by far one of the most spectacular
hikes I've ever done in my life. It's a little
bit longer, okay, a lot longer, but it's worth it
because it's pretty much flat, but you're going to see

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some of the most incredible things along this hike and
the falls you can actually walk through a tunnel like
behind them.

Speaker 1 (30:44):
It's one of the most incredible.

Speaker 2 (30:45):
The backside of water.

Speaker 1 (30:47):
Backside of water.

Speaker 2 (30:48):
Wow.

Speaker 3 (30:48):
Yeah, So there's actually two waterfalls you can do that
in the gorge. But Eagle Creek it was burned. It
was another place that was burned. It's coming back. It's
so luscious. They just reopened it here just a few
years ago, maybe a couple of years ago, and it's
one of the most incredible hikes, and there's multiple waterfalls
along the way. So that's my recommendation.

Speaker 2 (31:06):
There you go if you so, if you're coming to
Silver Roe from Portland, start early, yes, and get a
hike in. Yeah, that's what you're saying.

Speaker 1 (31:12):
Do some waterfall, waterfall chasing, the waterfowl chasing.

Speaker 2 (31:15):
Where are you going from there? Once I can, because
I don't know if you're going to hit this next one?

Speaker 1 (31:20):
Oh really?

Speaker 2 (31:20):
Yeah?

Speaker 3 (31:21):
Okay, So continuing, I would say Rowena. Unfortunately that's what burned,
so that's not going to happen. So we're going to
continue through and go into Hood River.

Speaker 2 (31:29):
Okay, this one this has something in between there in
between there. Yeah, so this says the top at Bonneville Dam.
Oh and the Fisher Hatchery.

Speaker 1 (31:36):
Can can I oh, and I can't believe I forgot.

Speaker 3 (31:39):
Okay, go the Bridge of the Gods. Okay, you have
to go to Bridge of the Gods. And if you have,
I've done a full half marathon there. This bridge is incredibly,
incredibly special to me.

Speaker 2 (31:50):
People aren't even gonna be able to make it out
of the Gorge. They're going to make it to the
Dallas and be like the day's over and you're going
to think it's just.

Speaker 1 (31:54):
A toll bridge. This is so much more than a
toll bridge.

Speaker 3 (31:57):
And if any of the listeners out there have seen
the movie Wild with Reese with Spoon, it was based
on a woman named Cheryles Straight, who's my favorite author.
And Cheryl Straight hiked the PCT all the way from
down in Mexico all the way up and that's where
she finished her track on the PCT. So go watch
that movie. Go visit the Bridge of the Gods. I
literally have cried every time I went there because it's

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just such an emotional place. It's beautiful and you can
stay in the Bridge of the God's Inn right there
and they have a restaurant right across the street that
has some of the best seafood you've ever had. And
it's one of these little outdoor areas. It's teeny tiny.
You go in, you buy your fish and everything, and
they have this like chowder.

Speaker 2 (32:34):
That how far is that life? Right? It's right there,
right right there.

Speaker 1 (32:39):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (32:40):
Yeah, it's a toll bridge. So if you do take
the toll bridge, you keep going. There's also a bunch
of really great camping and a really cool hike on
the Washington side as well.

Speaker 2 (32:49):
Oh so you're going gotcham Okay, So the.

Speaker 1 (32:51):
Toll is for going into Washington there, yeah, and.

Speaker 2 (32:54):
Going over to fourteen something like that that goes over
from Vancouver all the way to.

Speaker 1 (33:01):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (33:02):
Yeah, well but yeah, you just go up through there
and there's more waterfalls that direction and it's just absolutely stunning.

Speaker 1 (33:09):
But yeah, okay, So continuing, Bonnaville.

Speaker 2 (33:11):
Dam is Bonnaville Dam and fish Achery.

Speaker 1 (33:13):
You can see the sturgeon that's why.

Speaker 2 (33:15):
Yeah, sturgeon the size of a canoe. Yes, and watch
salmon climb the fish ladders.

Speaker 1 (33:20):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 3 (33:20):
And little kids love the sturgeon because you can go
up there's a window and you can literally go face
to face with them.

Speaker 2 (33:25):
Right. My father in law used to I believe he would.
He is a fish biologist, and so he would he
would be around that area, and he talked about a
famous sturgeon that lived there. And so I have yet
to do it, but that is part of it, I know.

Speaker 1 (33:38):
Oh my gosh.

Speaker 2 (33:39):
Usually we're just like on a trek, and so we
have family friends that live in the Dallas and so
we usually stop there and so.

Speaker 3 (33:45):
Oh, bring Quinn. Seriously, it is so cool and you
get to feed the fish, all sorts of different things.

Speaker 2 (33:50):
You can do there. So okay, we'll stop there on
our way through to Canny Connection.

Speaker 1 (33:54):
Oh yes, yes, And then you're in Hood River.

Speaker 2 (33:57):
Then you're in Hood River. Yes, Oh my gosh.

Speaker 3 (33:59):
Just go to one of the brewer sit on the
balcony and watch the windsurfers, because that in itself is
super cool. You've got this beautiful, beautiful view of Mount
Hood in the background. It's just towering. And let me
tell you, you can't go wrong with the food anywhere
in Hood River, Like, oh my gosh, there's some really
great restaurants.

Speaker 1 (34:19):
Just pick one, you'll be fine.

Speaker 3 (34:21):
Yeah, it's amazing, great shopping, great everything, great spot to
stay if you wanted to stay, maybe try some wind surfing.

Speaker 2 (34:28):
You're basically chat GPT right now because everything you just
said was about Hood River, Charming Rivertown known for windsurfing,
craft beer and farm Fresh Side are perfect lunch stop. Boom,
Yeah you are. You don't need.

Speaker 3 (34:42):
Me, so, yeah, this is my specialty and yeah, it's
very very very cool spot.

Speaker 1 (34:47):
And then you continue into the Dolls.

Speaker 2 (34:48):
Yeah, the Dolls is the next on the spot, which
is really close to Hood River. There's there's some stuff
to do in the Dolls.

Speaker 3 (34:56):
Steep park there with another hidden waterfall about that. Go
find it and it's completely different. So it's so funny
because the Dolls is kind of desert and then you
get to Hood River and it's more deeply forested. So
there's a switch in the ecosystem there. And so if
you go see this waterfall in the Dolls, it's more
of a desert waterfall, which.

Speaker 1 (35:14):
Is actually really cool. A lot of people.

Speaker 3 (35:16):
Wouldn't ever think you'd find a waterfall there, So go
to the state park there and check out that waterfall.
Short hike, super easy and a picnic area.

Speaker 2 (35:24):
Right, So the dolls, the dolls, and now we're going.

Speaker 3 (35:28):
Where Okay, so you continue on the dolls and then oh,
there's that really cool spot with all the trees.

Speaker 1 (35:34):
The tree farm.

Speaker 2 (35:35):
I don't know. This one wasn't on my list.

Speaker 3 (35:38):
It was like, I think they're either aspen trees or
what's the other kind that looks like a ushment. Yeah,
and there's a whole tree farm, and it's so cool
to just pull off and you can take some pictures
and whatnot.

Speaker 1 (35:49):
Continuing on.

Speaker 3 (35:51):
I mean there's not a lot until Tri Cities right
at that point.

Speaker 2 (35:55):
Right, I mean, one thing you could do this is
you could go a little bit further and go into Penalty.

Speaker 1 (36:00):
Oh my gosh, the Woolen Mill.

Speaker 2 (36:02):
Yes, that's on here. Yep.

Speaker 1 (36:04):
I may have.

Speaker 3 (36:05):
Spent way too much money there because I got lost
thinking I was going into Tri Cities and I missed
my exit.

Speaker 2 (36:10):
And all this sudden easy to do because they have
that utell.

Speaker 3 (36:13):
Yeh yeah, Umatilla, Umatilla, Matilla. And then all of a
sudden you're in Pendleton, Organ. Yeah, and that's where they
have the Pendleton around up.

Speaker 2 (36:20):
Yep. That's another key factor for the well. I don't
know when that actually is, but I want to say,
it's a a I know it's summertime, so so you.

Speaker 3 (36:28):
Could plan a trip around that. I mean, if if
you love your country stuff, Pendletons where it's at. So
but yeah, I kept going, and all of a sudden
I was at the Woolen Mill and I just was like, well,
if you're here, you might as well go in.

Speaker 1 (36:40):
And three hundred dollars later, the coolest.

Speaker 3 (36:44):
Most incredible well blanket that I will keep for the
rest of my life. So yeah, fun memories there. But
go back and go back, and then go go back.

Speaker 2 (36:51):
Yeah, and then go up to Tri Cities. What's a
great stop for your your gas and your food and
all that kind of stuff.

Speaker 1 (36:57):
And there's some great swimming and beaches and all that.

Speaker 3 (36:59):
Lots of bridge rivers three us come together and can
be a bit confusing. So maybe as you're coming into
Troy Cities, if you're someone like my dad, map it
out because there's some places.

Speaker 1 (37:11):
As you're trying to get on too, it's quick.

Speaker 3 (37:13):
Yeah, it's like all of a sudden you're exiting, exiting, exiting,
crossing traffic and.

Speaker 2 (37:18):
It's the last time we were there driving. My wife
was driving. She doesn't typically drive through this area, so
we missed a road and then we went all the
way around and to come back in. So take some time, Yeah,
to Richland and out to Spokane.

Speaker 3 (37:34):
Yes, and just take a deep breath, yes, as you're entering,
and then you're heading towards Spokane.

Speaker 2 (37:39):
Then once you hit Ritzvield, that's when you head on
to I ninety over to Spokane, which is where.

Speaker 1 (37:44):
We were talking about Seattle.

Speaker 2 (37:45):
Again. This has a little optional scenic drive which would
go through Joseph and will Willow a lake, adds about
an hour to two hours. But then you would head
up through Hell's Canyon and up to Moscow, which way
you would be able to go see go Koog's And
you know Moscow is only University Ida, and I know

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it's eight miles from we're not crossing over to Pullman
at this point where in Moscow, and then we're going
to go up to the Standpoint. No, this is the Sandpoint. Yeah.
Standpoint is another option, but.

Speaker 1 (38:18):
That you have to drive through through and around. Yeah.

Speaker 2 (38:20):
Around. We'll talk more about Standpoint.

Speaker 1 (38:22):
In the next trip.

Speaker 3 (38:23):
Yeah, Okay, that's very cool. But Hell's Canyon is amazing,
great rafting, great.

Speaker 2 (38:26):
Fishing, unbelievable rafting.

Speaker 3 (38:30):
Yeah, if you want to do some some crazy things
before you get on your crazy roller coasters, hop on
a raft in Hell's Canyon.

Speaker 2 (38:37):
So and the next stop Calgary, Calgary, coming south to Idaho, yeh,
to Silverwood. We're going to start in Calgary. Have you
been to Calgary?

Speaker 3 (38:48):
So in August, I'm going to Calgary. I'm taking a
little the first time or you've been there before, I've
been there. I almost Mom and Dad and I took
a trip up to Calgary. Edmonton and that's the wave
poole I almost drown in. Was it the edmund than
that one? So terrifying. Wavepoles are scary, man.

Speaker 1 (39:04):
But so I was a little girl.

Speaker 3 (39:06):
But so I'm kind of recreating this this trip a
little bit. Going to Calgary. I'm going to see Laney
Wilson at the not at the Stampede. She's at the
Saddle Doom, which is yeah, which is the Stampede but
actual yeah, so Stampede outside saddle domes in doors.

Speaker 1 (39:24):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (39:24):
And so and I'm staying in a very cool airbnb
right next to the tower, the Calgary Tower and walking
distance and so it's gonna be really really cool. And
then I'm going to take a little road trip through
vamp up to Jasper and then I'm going to come
back down through and all that stuff. Yep, I'm staying
at at what's the lake next to Lake Louise.

Speaker 2 (39:46):
I don't know Lake Louise.

Speaker 3 (39:48):
Yeah, so there there's another lake right next to it,
and the road shut down to it right now, and
I'm going to be staying right there on that lake,
which is really really cool.

Speaker 1 (39:55):
So but yeah, so.

Speaker 3 (39:56):
I need some of these recommendations for my trip as
I'm coming back down and exploring.

Speaker 1 (40:03):
There's so many national parks and.

Speaker 2 (40:05):
So I've actually been to Calgary quite a bit because
for Silverwood, we would go up and do a trade
show at the Outdoor and Adventure Show in Calgary, which
was in that like Stampede area. And we've also gone
all the way up to Edmonton for a show. And
so but we're gonna start start at Calgary. I'm gonna
have to work back. So my first time actually traveling

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to Calgary was like twenty thirteen, Okay, I want to
say it was twenty thirteen, and I did not have GPS.

Speaker 1 (40:34):
Oh this is when you got lost and ended.

Speaker 2 (40:35):
They got lost yes, and I took the wrong I didn't.
I missed the turn to go to Crow's Nest Pass
and I went through BAMF And the whole time I
was taking photos because like, this place is unbelievable. So
it's not the most direct path. Yeah, but if you go,
if you have some time, go through in BAMF and
staying in BAMF and looking at the shops in BAMF
is beautiful, amazing And so haven't made up to like Louise.

(40:59):
Yeah yeah, but Radium Hot Hot Springs is there too,
and we stopped.

Speaker 3 (41:02):
There, and and Icelands Parkway I don't know about that.
Oh my gosh. Iceland Parkway is right there past BAMF.
That's the one that goes up to Jasper. But Iceland's
Parkway is where all the glaciers and all the cool things.

Speaker 2 (41:14):
Okay, cool.

Speaker 1 (41:15):
Yeah, so I'm going to be doing I'm camping out there.

Speaker 2 (41:18):
So this the chat route says if you want to go,
optional detour is through BAMF and Canmore and it says
Lake Minnewonka.

Speaker 1 (41:28):
Mini Wonka like Miniwonka.

Speaker 2 (41:30):
Is a place to grab coffee in town or stop
at Lake Minnewonka.

Speaker 3 (41:35):
Interesting okay, I'm putting that on my list, like Mini Wonka.

Speaker 2 (41:38):
So just outside Calgary South you have the okatuks I
think that's how you pronounce it. I like it, yeah too.
But that's where Heartland was filmed, which is an on
I think you can watch on Netflix.

Speaker 1 (41:49):
But we were watching it.

Speaker 2 (41:50):
We watch a lot that was filmed around that area.

Speaker 1 (41:54):
Fun fact.

Speaker 2 (41:54):
Fun fact. Okay, but South you would go Crowsness Pass,
which is where you were supposed to go where you're
supposed to go.

Speaker 3 (42:02):
You do you realize it's your fault that I'm going
to mamp right because it was you telling me the
story about how loss that inspired me to do this trip.

Speaker 2 (42:09):
But if you're going to miss crows Pass, which has
the Frank Slide, which is a huge rock slide that
basically covered the road, and like you can get out
and read about it. Yeah, it's like you can see
the mountain of which and they show of the mountain
from before and after and how the rocks are just everywhere.

Speaker 1 (42:25):
Crazy.

Speaker 2 (42:26):
It is crazy walk on Okay, But that whole area
is cool because like you have tons of just mountains
jetting up, like the crows crows Nest Mountain whatever.

Speaker 3 (42:34):
Everything is they all go up to Calgary and then
come back through the bank through.

Speaker 2 (42:39):
The Bamp the Bamp and then Fernie. Fernie, BC is
a really cool little spot and they have a nice
I think they have a ski resort up there, but
it's a it's a good spot to stop, get gas. Yeah, yeah, okay, food,
And then as you come into the British Columbia interior,
this one says Cranbrook is a close spot and you

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can really find anything in Cranbrook. We have a lot
of people that come down from Cranbrook because it's really
close to us. It's probably like two hours from here.
Not too bad.

Speaker 1 (43:10):
Does it have like Ainsworth Hot Springs or Nelson.

Speaker 2 (43:13):
It doesn't Nelson's use I think I'm going there.

Speaker 1 (43:17):
Oh my gosh, like so using the lake O so
used monster.

Speaker 2 (43:19):
I don't know that sounds scary.

Speaker 3 (43:21):
No, he's a nice one, kind of like not like nessy.
He's like just like just like messy. Yeah, and he's
no I swear. And when I was a little girl
I saw him.

Speaker 2 (43:29):
We need to do a whole podcast on lore of
the area because they have big foot. That's one one
I don't know. Yeah, well we probably wouldn't would probably
be like a five minute Yeah.

Speaker 1 (43:38):
No, there's more I can.

Speaker 2 (43:40):
Maybe we invite Sasquatch to sit in on a podcast.

Speaker 1 (43:42):
That so, and then you're continuing.

Speaker 2 (43:46):
We're continuing down and that's where you're like, right before
you cross the border, that says lake Man, this is
a hard name to pronounce. Try to pronounce this, okay,
o c a n us a Cuckoosa exactly, Lake Cucanoosa
cu Canoos says, crystal clear water and quiet beach is

(44:07):
great place to stretch your legs and swim, right. And
that's right before crossing the US border.

Speaker 1 (44:10):
Okay, And which border crossing is this?

Speaker 2 (44:12):
Kingsgate?

Speaker 3 (44:13):
Kingsgate okay, yes, okay, don't forget your passport, it.

Speaker 1 (44:16):
Says, yes, good point forget any of that stuff.

Speaker 2 (44:20):
So yeah, and then coming down you're gonna you have
Bonness Ferry, which is like the first first time that you.

Speaker 1 (44:24):
Can we stop at a waterfall.

Speaker 2 (44:26):
This is just all about We're just all about waterfalls.
Great waterfall.

Speaker 3 (44:31):
Go chasing waterfalls on your next silver A trip, and
it'll prepare you for all the water slides and watercoasts.

Speaker 2 (44:37):
Okay, perfect, that's that's my.

Speaker 3 (44:39):
Segue there is an amazing, amazing waterfall right past the border.
Like literally you come across the border, you turn left
and there is a waterfall that is it's Copper Falls.
Look for Copper Falls. It's a short half mile hike.
Bring some bear spray, good call, and you can go

(45:00):
below the falls. You can go above the falls. There's
beautiful just wooden bridges.

Speaker 2 (45:04):
Well, there's Cootney National Wildlife Refuge.

Speaker 3 (45:07):
Oh that's my favorite spots. However, I have to they
are actually closing. They just close down the beginning of
June due to they're doing some restructuring to reliven the
wildlife habitat and so it is actually going to be
closed this summer.

Speaker 2 (45:21):
So scratch that. Do that next time.

Speaker 1 (45:23):
Scratch that.

Speaker 3 (45:24):
However, I do believe they're leaving the waterfall trails open.
So if you do go to the Wildlife Refuge, you
can't do the drive, but you can still go see
go see snow Creek Falls. There's Upper Falls, Lower Falls
also a very short easy hike, absolutely beautiful and you
can get right up there to these waterfalls. So one
of my favorite favorite favorite places to go.

Speaker 2 (45:43):
So well, and around there there's the natural water Slide
right that's that's right.

Speaker 3 (45:49):
So you decide to do a side tripped priest. That's
actually a little bit longer because you have to go
down and then.

Speaker 2 (45:54):
Back scenic bypass. Yeah, yes, but yes, I guess it's
not even a bypass scenic route rapup.

Speaker 3 (46:00):
Yeah, exactly, But so many things in northern Idaho. I
mean we could go on and then Sandpoint.

Speaker 2 (46:05):
That's where it ends with Sandpoint is so Sandpoint is
right on the Lake ponder Ray, which if you see
a sign that set looks like it says penned Oriole
that's Pond Pond Ray. It's franch Yes, yes.

Speaker 3 (46:21):
We're all franch here, our French Canadian friends. So yeah,
and that's one of the most beautiful, beautiful lakes.

Speaker 2 (46:28):
Well, and it's huge, massive, just massive, So lots of
camping around that area. Downtown Sandpoint has a lot of
really fun little breweries or spots and shops.

Speaker 3 (46:39):
Go get the ice cream, get the honeycomb ice cream.
There's an ice cream shop downtown Sandpoint and it has
actual like the Honeycombs in a it's so good.

Speaker 2 (46:50):
And then it sandy beaches called.

Speaker 3 (46:51):
Sandpoint, Sandpoint and Public Beach, actual sandy beach like it's
the coolest thing with like the lifeguard stations, the whole
entire thing. And there's the Bridge Market, which is my
favorit replace Yes, that's got thrift stores and fun little
gift stores and they have a candy shop that is
going to change your life. I'll tell you, oh my
gosh that the different types of like chocolate dipped everything, okaying,

(47:15):
and if you want to try some like chipotle, pickle,
shamoy cawing candy, they have that too well.

Speaker 2 (47:21):
And then if you want to get like stretch your legs,
which might be a good time or it might be
actually your your stop to stay would be in sand
Point because silver Woods probably thirty minutes away from Sandpoint
forty between thirty and forty yea, yeah, so you could
stay in Sandpoint and come on down. But walking the
long Bridge. Yeah, it's a good walking path all the

(47:42):
way across as bike or ride a bike do all
this stuff, or head up to Schweitzer. You can do
some really good biking up in that area.

Speaker 1 (47:52):
What's that thing where you can go and you can
have lunch up there and come back down too.

Speaker 2 (47:55):
You can take yeah, you can ride. No, it's not
a the love it's a ski lift. You can take
the ski lift up to the top and then there's
food up there. And then we did that and we're
like you can around the Sandpoint Festival those time frames. Yeah,
so that's if that's your staying point, Like, spend some
time and then come down to Silverwood and enjoy your

(48:16):
day and then go back and enjoy the night life
up there the Hive.

Speaker 3 (48:19):
Great concerts, seeing many of concerts at the Hive. I
saw lots of movies there at the Pindita Theater, which
is all basically run by donations, which is really really cool.
The Standpoint community is very very close knit, very very loving,
and it's it's a very cool place.

Speaker 2 (48:36):
Yeah, very outdoorsy too, lots of stuff to do, but
other than that, we've made it three different.

Speaker 1 (48:42):
Ways to we're here at Silverwood.

Speaker 2 (48:44):
So now what now?

Speaker 1 (48:45):
What have the best day ever?

Speaker 2 (48:49):
Well, now we got to do this.

Speaker 1 (48:50):
Inside scoop and scoop and what are our inside scoops
going to be?

Speaker 2 (48:54):
Let's talk about I don't know what do.

Speaker 3 (48:57):
You think like our favorite it stop personally of all
the stops.

Speaker 2 (49:04):
Of all the stops, what was the one thing that
you cannot missy and I would say, if you're coming
from all three areas, right, you're all going to land
either in Sandpoint Quarreline. So what's the one thing or
Spokane one thing that you can't miss in the general
local area during your visit besides Silverwood.

Speaker 3 (49:26):
Besides Silverwood, I'm gonna say, hmm. I mean, I would
have to stick with Priest, honestly. I just Priest is
by far one of my most favorite places in the
whole entire world.

Speaker 2 (49:38):
I've never been up to Priest.

Speaker 3 (49:42):
To take like a staff field trip or something. I
think this might need to happen. Priest is incredible.

Speaker 2 (49:47):
The water is just.

Speaker 1 (49:49):
Getting warm right now.

Speaker 3 (49:51):
Warm, warm enough to swim in because it's cold because
it's fed by glacials.

Speaker 2 (49:54):
Well, that's kind of what I'm saying. It's not like
the Lazy River here, Lazy River here warm.

Speaker 3 (50:00):
Yeah, it's not that warm, but it's beautiful and boating
is beautiful. My personal favorite is Hills Resort. You can go,
get yourself a huckleberry shake, maybe get some lunch. I
had the best like steak salad or steak salad, steak
sandwich when I was there last time, with a huckleberry shake.

Speaker 1 (50:17):
It was so good.

Speaker 3 (50:18):
And if you go on the other side, there's Kavanaughs Resort,
which is also amazing, and there's a little airstrip and
you can watch the planes come and go, and also
a lot.

Speaker 1 (50:26):
Of hiking, a lot of waterfalls, it just you name it.

Speaker 3 (50:30):
And the water is some of the cleanest, clearest water
I think you've ever seen in your life. So it's
it's incredible. And let me just say this about Hills.
You're sitting there, you're eating lunch. There's a big beach
like Sandy Beach with beach volleyball. It's dog friendly, so
that always makes me happy because there's dogs just running
amok everywhere, and there's all of the boats. There's a

(50:54):
boat boat dock or whatever. And behind the boats are
the big and what mountain ranges that.

Speaker 2 (51:03):
I don't even know, the Rockies.

Speaker 1 (51:05):
Some of the most beautiful mountains.

Speaker 3 (51:07):
No, I think it's the whatever one Scotchman Peak is in,
but yeah, it's it's incredible.

Speaker 2 (51:13):
I mean, so it's kind of probably all the Rockies coming.

Speaker 3 (51:15):
Down coming through there, but white capped mountains. And then
you've got the blue water, the boats, everybody playing beach volleyball,
and then the green grass and it's just this, it's
it's unreal, like you wouldn't think a place like that
actually existed.

Speaker 1 (51:32):
So and they have great oyster shooters.

Speaker 2 (51:35):
That's a good tip. I all have to take that tip.

Speaker 3 (51:37):
Yeah, you really should. And you can stay there so
you can just go for a day trip, which is
so much fun. My friend from Arizona came a couple
of weeks ago. We went there and she just was
she couldn't believe. I mean, here's a desert girl and
she's like, wait, there's snow in the mountains, but it's
like ninety degrees right now. And so it's it's great.
And they have live music there on the weekends.

Speaker 1 (51:57):
Go cut a rug. Yeah, it's great.

Speaker 2 (52:00):
I think if we didn't we didn't cover this. I
think we've talked about in the past. But if I
was going to say one thing of like a day
trip from Quartelaine after your silver wood spent whatever, maybe
have an extra day, is to take a trip east
and go to Kellogg and Wallace, ride the gondola up
to Silver Mountain and enjoy that that area as well,

(52:23):
because that area is beautiful. You have all the silver
mining and all that kind of stuff. Over in Wallace.
There's a lot to do all over the area, but
that area specifically. Then you have the Hiawatha Trail, which
is the most unbelievable bike trail I've ever seen, because

(52:44):
mostly because it's all downhill. So unless you try to
decide to go both ways, I would recommend take the
shuttle back up.

Speaker 3 (52:52):
So my friends on that trail, yeah, like but not mean.
I mean, they were just cute little baby bears, just
scoops in the trail. But I mean the wildlife is incredible,
really really cool. And there's Polanski Tunnel Trail out there too,
if you want a short hike which brings you through
some of those old.

Speaker 2 (53:07):
Yeah, we should just name this Chasing Waterfalls at Hiking's
Hike in the Northwest, because that's pretty much what it was.

Speaker 3 (53:13):
I mean, And that's why we're up here, and that's
why Silverwood is the epitome of the Northwest.

Speaker 1 (53:18):
Yeah, the Northwest's.

Speaker 2 (53:20):
Best, Northwest best and largest.

Speaker 3 (53:22):
Yeah, so come on out. You have no excuses now.
So uh, I think we've talked everything and then some.
So again, if you want to be a loyal listener,
if you got any questions, any comments, make sure to
sign up at Silverwithepark dot com slash podcast and we'll
see you next week.

Speaker 4 (53:37):
Bye, and that's a wrap on this week's ride.

Speaker 1 (53:42):
Thanks for tuning into the Silverwood Show. If you had
a blast to make sure.

Speaker 4 (53:46):
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