I figured I'd start off with one of my favorite photos of the group. This is the view of the lake in early morning from my room. Quite a nice way to wake up, don't you say? Notice the mist coming off the lake. Beautiful.

Another view from my window. The blue covers in the marina really stood out against the lake. This view is looking west towards Washington.

The mountains are the foothills of the Bitterroot Range of the Rockies.

Serenity.

Another view from my hotel room. The marina is shown a little better. I never was able to figure out what the building on the lake is.

Looking more towards the south now.

This was my room. VERY NICE! Too bad I was alone on a business trip. This would have been a great getaway spot for Mardi and me.

Another view of the room. Nice floor to ceiling windows overlooking the lake and mountains. The TV and fireplace are a nice touch.

See, here's the proof. Quite a nice view from the room.

The entrance to the resort grounds. Very well kept place.

A view of the resort from the shore.

This was a lakeside city park. The trees are turning in early October, and it was quite striking.

Really nice color contrasts with the gold of the maples contrasting with the blue of the Blue Spruce and the purple of the smoke trees.

That is a City beach on the lake.

An initial view looking down the allee of trees.

Another of my favorites from the trip. The allee again.

Another favorite.

The city beach on the lake.

The lake is used by seaplanes for local tours.

I didn't have my good zoom lens on here, but the effect works. This plane is coming in for a landing.

One of the resort's wooden hulled tour/shuttle boats.

A view of the marina. It is quite big, and the repetition of the blue covers is intriguing.

A view of the resort from the boardwalk around the marina. My room was the one immediately above and to the left of the big bay window about 8 stories up.

The floating boardwalk around the marina. It's about 1/4 to 1/2 mile around.

The scenery is very striking. That one white pine is hanging on as best it can with its feet almost in the lake.

The air was so calm that the lake water, especially in the marina, was like glass. The boat and awning reflections provided an interesting composition.

More reflections.

More reflections.

In such a strikingly natural place, the repetitive boat awnings really provided an interesting juxtaposition.

My flight was out of Spokane, WA, and I had some time to check out the Falls of the Spokane River. The upper "falls" are the spillway of the power company dam. The lower falls are natural. The hole at the bottom was incredibly large.

This is right in the middle of downtown Spokane.

The Falls of the Spokane River. The large red building is the Washington Water Power building. Note the small blue truck in front of the building for scale.

Close up of the Washington Water Power building.

The Falls again.

And again.

That's quite a big hole at the bottom of the falls. Looks dangerous to me!

A parting shot.

Another parting shot.