Spokane, United States Travel Blogs

Thursday 7 August
Aug 12, 2008

... we continued our westward journey.  We drove past a massive Glacial lake called Lake Pend Oreille. Then we headed southwest to Spokane which is across the border into Washington.  This is the first time we have entered the same state twice and ...

Family Visit
Jul 23, 2009 (1 photos)

... we will need for the next section (Glacier National Park).  We stayed in Olympia on our way between the Olympic mountains and Spokane at our good friends Kelli and Tony's place.  It was good to see them one more time before we shoved off on our ...

Day Before Departure
Dec 5, 2008

The day before departure - Just wanted you to know that I'll be writing a travel blog while on this trip so you can keep track of our travels through exotic Morocco.  I hope to be able to add several entries along the way and maybe some photos ...

Ride to the sun, and the heat
Aug 14, 2008 (3 photos)

... I realized it was no use.  That said, Idaho has 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 ...

Visiting the homeland -back to Seattle via Spokane
Aug 9, 2009

... evening to climb, they brought with them their babies!  Here's one of them trying a sip from Jon's Moose Drool! After Spokane and a few lovely stops on the way home, we finally arrived back in Seattle to complete our Rock and Road around the US!  ...

Pit Stop - Spokane, WA $4.059
Jul 10, 2008

Stopped for gas.

Pit Stop - Spokane, WA $4.099
Jul 12, 2008

Stopped for gas.

Spokane, Spokane!
Sep 12, 2006 (2 photos)

Spokane! We actually made it! After some confusing twists and turn arounds, we made our way to the bus station.  And you know what? We beat him! We actually arrived about 10 minutes before his bus did.  And there was no time wasted.  ...

Four-lane road to a one-horse town
Sep 11, 2008 (2 photos)

... nbsp; Then we found out Spokane is on Pacific time, so we would have had another hour in Hicksville. Sandy researched restaurants in Spokane on the computer on the way in, so we were prepared, but guess what was alnost next door to the LaQuinta.  ...

A quick stop by the river
Jul 20, 2009 (5 photos)

... construction.  Several delays increased my travel time by almost one hour.  Yuck...among other words! Riverside State Park is in Spokane, but is almost like an oasis in a city.  There is a swinging bridge that is almost a replica of a bridge ...

Heading east
Jun 15, 2007

...  the Seattle area. We had some rain this morning and I think it was going to continue. It was a beautiful dive to Spokane, WA. The first couple of hours were lush and then we started to get into 'farmland.'  As pretty as Oregon and Washington ...

Catching Up
Aug 15, 2008

So I decided to stay in Spokane another day, to do some actual planning, run some errands and do the blog thing.  Western Washington is pretty booked, so I planned my route a few days forward (now that I'm no longer plunging blindly westward).  I also  ...

Spokane, WA
Jul 9, 2008

Stayed with brothers

Final Entry
Aug 1, 2008 (4 photos)

August 1 We're Back!!!!!!! Hope you enjoyed our blog. We had fun doing it. We appreciate everyone's comments. Made our trip more fun. We want you to know we wouldn't have done it without the persuasion of Linda and Claudia to go ahead and do it. We ...

Day2 Tuesday, July 31 - Cashmere WA to Spokane WA
Jul 31, 2007 (9 photos)

Day2 Tuesday, July 31 - Cashmere WA to Spokane WA Total Miles: 214 Summary: -Community support at the Chelan County Historic Museum and Pioneer Village in Cashmere, WA -Yes, more homemade pie ...

A quick flight to Spokane
Aug 13, 2005 (20 photos)

... . The plan was to follow highway 2 through Kalispell, MT. Once we got closer on the east side of flathead lake, it was clearing up and I was able to flight straight to Spokane. This saved us about 45 minute of flight time compared to my flight planning.

Solar World
May 5, 2008

... 2 and 395, which, according to their website, "provides temporary corporate housing and executive furnished housing in the Spokane, Washington area." They will also rent available suites nightly. Linda, the manager, is a Christian. She gets surgery ...

Spokane
May 4, 2008

Spent May 3 and 4 in Spokane.

Westward bound, once again
Sep 8, 2009 (2 photos)

... , west, west. All uphill, what a climb, to Coeur d'Alene in Idaho, then downhill into Washington State. Spent almost two hours trying to find Riverside State Park in the city of Spokane, finally set up the camper and tried to settle down for the night.

We Have Launched
Nov 7, 2007

... very little bloodshed this time. I think mom is beginning to get the hang of this RV'ing thing. Tonight we are in Spokane. It's raining. It took us five hours to get here as we kinda just cruised along in no particular hurry. Tomorrow Clementine gets ...

Hello from Spokane
Apr 26, 2006

... I figured the best way to make myself feel better is to jump right into the next thing. So I started a painting company in Spokane. It is called Superior Painting and we will be doing residential re-paints. I am looking at paint-sprayers right now and ...

Gonzos
Feb 22, 2007 (17 photos)

... .  On our final day in Spokane, Pete and I decided to change things up a bit.  The Riverside Park in Spokane is a year-round attraction situated in a park surrounding the Spokane River, a body of water known for being one of the ...

Days 34, 35 Yellowstone and HOME!
Jun 8, 2008 (3 photos)

Total Miles Driven: 9060 Total Hours Driving: 182 Total States: 27 + DC (a couple of them twice) Tourist Activities: Driving through Yellowstone and watching Old Faithful do her thing. Surprise: SNOW, on the 7th and 8th of June! We loved it ...

Glacier National to Spokane, Washington
Jul 10, 2009 (7 photos)

... some sort of bad eye infection and thus we had to go to a local doctor for 3 hrs. Thankfully she's fine. BTW! Spokane....is beautiful! This is an unsung gem of Washington State. The city is clean, there are waterfalls and riverfront parks, fountains you ...

Wyoming to Washington
Jul 25, 2007 (9 photos)

... with canyons filled with water.   We shot quickly through Idaho into Washington State, where we spent the night in Spokane.  Hooray, civilization as we city dwellers know it started again! The sign that we had entered the 'first world', was ...

laughter and tears!
Apr 3, 2005

Ahhhh' Home sweet SpoCompton, errrr..SpoVegas, I mean Spokane, Washington. Just kidding, mom and dad, part of my heart will always love with you in Spokane. Well it was quite a busy week with the packing and moving and goodbyes. I am so lucky to have ...

The most North-West in my life!
Oct 14, 2005 (15 photos)

... feast with Leah's uncle and his fam which was awesome. The next day we slept in and then went to lunch at a famous deli in D-town Spokane and then went to their park which is like an island on the river in the middle of town. Then we went to a vineyard ...

Passing the Border Crossing
Aug 24, 2006

... we stopped and treated ourselves to a homemade pie from the diner. We drove some more and some more finally ending up in Spokane, Washington. Growing up one of our main TV stations was based in Spokane so I had always envisioned this city as a big ...

Shop till we Drop
Aug 25, 2006

... round the arid playa as walking a city of 40,000 can become exhausting. We shopped for supplies for a picnic and headed into Spokane's city center to enjoy a leisurely snack. I was able to get some work done on my laptop while watching the kids run ...

Day 2 - Spokane, WA to Missoula, MT
Jul 11, 2009 (3 photos)

Mom woke us up at what morgan and I thought was an incredibly early hour...7am! Mom told us that we all had to excercise every day which consisted of us running around the truckstop a bunch of times and doing lots of bootcamp exercises!. That ...