Downtown Spokane

Wow what a trip! I did so much in the two and a half weeks I was in Spokane but I will try and re-cap for those who are interested.


I caught a ride to the airport Wednesday morning and was ready to get the flying part out of the way. Well my flight was delayed and that made me miss my next flight and so on and so on. The airline put …

... some pleasant lakeside towns, including Sandpoint and Coeur d'Alene.  Spokane is a small city, but part of a broader swath of development.  I got a great room in a cheap motel near downtown, took a long shower, grabbed a burger and ...

... ; I'm lucky enough to live in Spokane, the heart of beautiful Inland Northwest, one of the great places in these United States.  Spokane is centered on it's river and while long stretches of the river are urbanized, there are still miles ...

... 3 days here but decided to stay Sunday August 14th as well.  We did the river walk, looked at the falls, dined in downtown Spokane, and drove around a bit.  Sunday we did absolutely nothing!  I got Patti a Sunday paper and I sat outside ...

... ! Was quite tired after the drive, and was pleasantly surprised by the nice hotel, I'd booked. Great views over the river in Spokane. The only reason I choose to stay in Spokane, was because it was on the way, and just somewhere to crash out after ...

... Spokane, Allison, with the aid of Yelp for the Palm Pre, tracked down a terrific ice cream shop called Scoop just south of downtown Spokane. It's in a great neighborhood and they had the best flavors, better than any we had on the whole trip (and that ...

... winterizing their coaches. Bad timing. Feeling frustrated, we took a break on the Centennial Trail, through Gonzaga University and downtown Spokane. Spokane's claim to fame was hosting the 1974 Expo. What we really remember is the swarms of insects on ...

... night so that when it gets to the Glacier National Park it's light enough to see the spectacular views. I arrived into downtown Spokane Amtrak station, (which is also coincidentally the Greyhound terminal that I'd arrived into 21 hours before) at 1am. ...

... of town built for the Exposition ‘74, “The World’s Fair.” We walked across a very nice, lighted bridge into downtown and the park. We ate dinner at some pub with 4 other people from MD. After dinner we walked to the park and ...

... there. My parents even showed up for a few rounds. There were shots involved (thanks Rickster) and many pitchers of beer.  I ended up downtown with Kevin and Jamie after the Park Inn, and I think I got to bed around 6am. It was a long night. I was ...

... notice that the mountains were everywhere... I mean everywhere! Bozeman is cool city with a very western feel. There is a old style downtown strip where all the boot stores and saloons are. At that point Denise had here heart set on cowboy boots. Who ...