JP: Life Up Coeur d’Alene’s North Fork

Ask my daughter-in-law Sharis how fast a skunk can run… lot faster than their dog! Had a bicyclist on the Trail of the Cd’A’s come within 15 feet of a smaller bull moose that was walkin’ up the trail between Bull Run and Black Rock trailheads. This past tuesday, I was awakened by sounds that were unfamiliar to my ear. I’ve gotten used to logging trucks rolling by, the beep-beep honk honks of heavy equipment working on the water project … but … think it was a family of coyotes as the dogs in the neighborhood were really barking. Rosie heard the sounds the next morning … coyotes … or… / Joe Peak , Shoshone News-Press. More here .

DFO: I posted this column tidbit from Joe Peak in the Shoshone News-Press to give blurkers a glimpse of life along the Coeur d’Alene River. Joe, of course, is the long-time owner of the Enaville Resort. I haven’t dropped by there in quite awhile. Too long. What kind of wildlife have you encountered up the river?