Originally Posted by Valsdad
Lewiston is not "hot"........13 days over 100 degrees last summer

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/lewiston/yearly-days-of-100-degrees

Not sure where you are, but to compare to Lewiston, Little Rock had 15 days of 100 F or better

https://www.extremeweatherwatch.com/cities/little-rock/yearly-days-of-100-degrees

I can guarantee you the 100F in Lewiston is lot more pleasurable than 100F in Arkansas.

If you plan on renting until you find something to purchase further out, Lewiston might be tolerable enough. I lived about 50 miles from there for 7 work seasons or so. Decent healthcare at the time (I left in 2017) , I had a minor surgery while up there, good dermatologist, decent urologist.

No fee for parking at the airport when I was there. Could have driven the 2+ hrs and flown out of Spokane but then would have had to pay for parking. Lewiston connects with Boise and Portland/Seattle depending on where you're headed. And TSA was basically a 5 minute wait.

When and if the dams come down, should the rivers return to the pre dam conditions, you likely could wade across the Snake in more than a few places. Pretty sure at the right time of year you can wade the Clearwater most of the year once you're above the high water line outside of Lewiston.

Couple of folks here check in now and again that live in/nearby Lewiston. Maybe they'll post some info for you.

Not sure what you like in restaurant food, but in my experience Lewiston was pretty basic. Down near the Les Schwab there is/was a decent Mexican place. Used to be a decent burger place near Lolo Sporting Goods as I recall. As for fine dining???????????????? Here's a clue, I wanted veal for my birthday one year, went to a well known Italian place there, didn't see it on the menu. Asked the 20 something waitress if they had veal perhaps...........her answer "What's veal?"

I knew folks lived on the WA side of the border near there that hunted ID most years if that tells you anything. And they usually did pretty well. Lots of quail, pheasant, and chuckar if your willing to hunt the walls of the Canyon. Huns up in the farmland too.

I think the best things about aging for the wife and I. No need for any kind of TV to speak of. Documentary stuff like You Tube/ Prime if its dark outside and we have to. And the fact that we have about zero desire to eat out anymore so to speak.

We can keep Larry Root and all his idiotic blabber and user names on here, but we can't get Ralph back..... Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over....