The towering western red cedar tree
standing stories above the forest floor.
This ancient tree inspires tellings of
epic quests and mythical creatures.
Darkly beautiful and abundant with
wildlife the Devoto Memorial Cedar Grove
can be found along the Northwest
Passage Scenic Byway and US Highway 12
right along the border of Idaho and
Montana. When the Lewis and Clark
expedition came across the famous Lolo
Pass they wrote extensively in their
journals about their own journey in this
magical grove of trees.
This ancient cedar grove offers
travelers the chance to take a walk back
in time to a place right out of Lewis
and Clark's diaries. So this grove of
cedars is named after this guy, Bernard
Devoto. He was here about 75 years
ago and he was researching Lewis and
Clark's Diaries who came through this
place. That's cool.
Actually his ashes are spread around
this whole grove. Interesting it has a
very Lord of the Rings feel to it.
I know it's like the Ents are gonna come
alive and talk to us.
These massive cedar trees mature at
about 400 to 500 years old. They die at
about 3,000 years old. And they die by
hollowing from the inside out as you can
see. Oh hey just chilling on my cedar
couch here.
So as you can see there's a nice paved path down here. You've got your picnic bench
right next to the beautiful Lochsa
River and you can walk right down to the
river's edge. The thing to remember about being down here is once you get in the
shade it's chilly. It's June it's warm in
the sun but it's chilly in the shade so
bring a layer with you or a little light
coat with you. Chad Case thinks that you
can skip rocks on a river as churning as
the lochsa, so I dared him to skip a
rock, Chad. I didn't find the best rock
but so far it's the flattest I could find.
Here you go watch the skip.
Oh yeah almost to the other side of the rive.
Boom, skipped a rock on the Lochsa river.
That was pretty nice hike huh. Nice two loops there.
What is on your face? It's my lichen stash.
Lichen beard. You need some tape for it
man.
These places are great just when you're
out on a road trip and you can find
these day spots just these little gems.
It's been awesome and highway 12 driving
right along the Lochsa river it's just stunning. Yeah.
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