Our trip began with a fuel up at Texaco before accessing Canfield Mountain from Nettleton Gulch. This image is a view of Hayden Lake from about halfway up the mountain. We are on a landing, near the intersections of TR1562 and TR1562A.

My son, Andy, was my riding partner for this trip. He drives a Honda with a 420cc four-stroke motor. I drive a Honda with a 500cc four-stroke motor. So the ride is fairly easy, even on the steep terrain and over rocks.

There is lots of beautiful countryside to admire as you drive through the mountain. You can really get a good appreciation of God's handiwork.

Some of the trails are nice and wide. Others can be quite narrow, even a little overgrown. There are large sections of trail that are strewn with large jagged rock and cut with ruts. This just makes it interesting.

This is why you need a map. Somehow, we thought TR1593C would take us into Fernan. But here is the end of the trail. This became an eight-mile detour.

More beautiful views. I am not sure what that trail is below on the left but I here it was the old trade route between Fernan and Cataldo. In the old days, Fernan was the center for silk merchants in North Idaho. Since there were few Chinese ships on Lake Coeur d'Alene at the time, most of the silk came from Japan.

We came out of the mountain at the Fernan Saddle. It is a huge parking area that could fit 2 Wal-Marts. But this is not what gives the area the name "saddle." That is derived from the shape of the road (or the shape of two parallel roads) which are in the shape of a saddle.

Andy got to the river ahead of me. I was distracted by reading every sign. They were interesting, but don't ask me what they said; I don't remember.

Here it is, the Little North Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River.

Now we hit the wide road to make our way back to Fernan, looping through Deception Creek Forest.

This area has many beautiful rock formations such as this one.

An old mine which is still in operation.

Here is another mine shaft to the same mine.

When we drove to town via Fernan Road, it was undergoing a huge remodel. There was heavy equipment all over that road. There were close to a dozen excavators in the 200-300-400 class, several large blades, piling drivers and much more. I guess they want to make quick work of it.

The road used to be narrow and crowded. People parked on the side of the road to fish in Lake Fernan, which stretched down one side of the road. This made the road even more difficult for two cars to pass. However, I never thought they would ever enlarge it because the mountain came right down to the edge of it and it would be a huge expense. Well, now the mountain is being cut away. It looks great.

We arrived in town and finished our trip with a lamb burger at Moon Time. I learned a lesson on this trip: Don't take all your trip pics with an iPhone, unless your ATV has a USB connection. The trip started with a half-discharged battery on the iPhone. After taking sixty-eight photos, the battery was fully exhausted and I could not make any phone calls!