Pend Oreille River
this morning woke up to rain, but it cleared by mid-morning ... saw an eagle soaring over the river ... a sign it would be a great day ... followed the Pend Oreille river to Newport ... the town is on the border of ID ... much of the route passed through the Kalispel reservation ... stopped to get a sandwich for lunch and chatted with the reservation facilities manager ... himself a Chippewa, he gave me an overview of the Native American presence here ...