LoLo Motorway

We slept with the window open and listened to the river! Got up early and drove up to the LoLo Motorway - sounds like a race car track but, trust me it is as far removed from that as possible! It is actually, the trail, on the mountain ridge, that Lewis and Clark traveled, that eventually led them to the plains. There is a fire look-out at Crested Butte, about 10 miles further up the trail, that is no longer used by the forest service and is rented out for overnight visitors. We really wanted to see it but, the road was so bad we eventually turned around. Can't imagine the view from up there! We did hike back to "Sinque Hole" - another Lewis and Clark campsite, before we started back down the mountain. Roger is having such a good time exploring all these places he read about in the journals and I am in awe of the arduous journey they endured! I feel like I am "roughing it" with no cell phone!
After our early morning hike, we left the campground and drove another 50 miles in scenery just like yesterday. There are many small creeks that flow into the river so it gradually gets bigger with less rapids.   We are in Orofino, Idaho tonight - at a BLM campground on the Clearwater River -
Internet but no cell phone!