Nice to hear someone say good things about Idaho, we usually only get national recognition when bad things happen around here.
Since we're in the spotlight, here's a couple more tidbits on North Idaho...
Coeur d'Alene - The World's Only Floating Golf Green
Coeur d'Alene is the home of the world's only floating green, located at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course. The floating green on the 14th measures 15,000 square feet and weighs nearly 5 million pounds. It can be moved on the water's surface via a set of cables attached to the lake bottom to change the distance to the hole from 75 yards to 175 and greater.
Coeur d'Alene - The World's Longest Floating Boardwalk
Coeur d'Alene has the world's longest floating boardwalk, located at the Coeur d'Alene Resort. It was built in 1986 and required 1,600 float logs (each 32 feet long) 28,000 pounds of spikes, and 8,000 pounds of bolts to complete. The boardwalk is anchored by 150 tons of concrete along with strategically placed pilings.
Silver Valey - The World's Longest Gondola
Silver Mountain Ski and Summer Resort, located 30 miles east of Coeur d'Alene, is home to the world's longest single-stage gondola.
Lake Pend Oreille - The Fifth Deepest Lake in the Nation
The 43-mile-long lake is nearly as long as Lake Ontario and is deeper than the famous Loch Ness. During the Second World War the largest Navel Base in the World, Farragut was here on Lake Pend Oreille - 300,000 sailors passed through Farragut. Presently it is an acting Sonar Testing Navel Base.