Reply #: Jmow is FROM the panhandle of Idaho [View All]

[jmowreader]

Man, I grew up in St. Maries, which is south of Coeur d'Alene. You get to St. Maries from Coeur d'Alene in one of three ways--down US 95 to Plummer then east to St. Maries; east on I-90 to the Harrison exit then down into St. Maries (my favorite way--that road is the most fun); or east on I-90 to the Rose Lake exit then down into St. Maries. I also lived for a couple of years in Hope, which is near Sandpoint. Yes, it is beautiful country.

Unfortunately, I can't move to the Idaho panhandle. I lived in Berlin for six years, which was enough to prove to me that I simply must live in a heavily populated area. However, Spokane is populated enough to keep me happy. Coeur d'Alene is kinda sparse. We'd need some acreage so my wife can have her greenhouse and I can have my workshop, and I'm thinking something in the Valleyford area, which feeds you into Spokane up on the South Hill out by the television stations, or off the Dishman-Mica Road, which brings you into the Spokane Valley down where the Farmers and Merchants Bank and the porno theatre are.

My wife thinks Seattle is the place she wants to move to. I like Seattle, but she loves huge old houses and you can get far more house for your money in Eastern Washington.