Best Western Peppertree Airport Inn Spokane

Here I am trying to pack for yet another trip. Everything out ready to put 1/2 back....then another 1/2 back in a day or so. The good news is that we have really no restrictions on weight (other than the standard 2-bags at 50lbs each) and neither Southwest nor Mexicana is charging for baggage. No way I'll need that baggage limitation but I still worry about having to carry the stuff around!<br ...

Finally got the truck back, all fixed and running beautifully. Decided to get on the road, though it was already 2 pm. Headed south along Flathead Lake through green forests and valleys to I-90, then west, 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.

<br>dä 'Glaci** Nationalpark', scho dä feuft park wo mir bsuecht händ. Im unt**schied zu dä and**e, isch dä ab** fascht nöd mit strasse **schlosse, was us min**e sicht zwei grossi vorteil hät. D'natur bliebt unb**ü**t** und äs hät spürbar we***** bsuech**. Diä einzig strass wo dur dä park fü**t isch däfür umso imposant** und gseht us wiä in b**g inegschnitzt. Im gägesatz zu dä pass-strasse bi eus, händs da kei 180 grad ...

Hello all!<br>I have returned home to Spokane after a summer of travels to visit friends and family across the west, and now have three days until I leave for the Dominican! I plan on using this blog as a means of updating y'all with photos and stories. It is easy for you to reply to my blogs, and I will ...

... construction (oops) but just before we made it out of Idaho into Washington we had a slight delay for road repaving. We can tell we are in Washington...every corner has a coffee/expresso house.<br><br>I AM BACK IN AT&amp;T LAND AND IN CONSTANT WIRELESS CONTACT. I got a text from AT&amp;T about a week ago that my wireless useage was violating my contract. Seems I don't really have unlimited ...

... and a few lovely stops on the way home, we finally arrived back in Seattle to complete our Rock and Road around the US! We had a pile of errands to run to get ready for our next segments ...

... stay there. However it was baking hot and it was only 7.30 pm so we decided to find a laundry somewhere and get that all done before returning to Walmart later when it would be a bit cooler. We found a great laundry but we were nearly too late as it was closing at 9pm. We did 2 loads very fast and got it all dry by 9pm on the dot! We drove back to Walmart where we sussed out the best spot to park which ...

... you prefer.                Anyway, as I was saying. Our friends Sarah and Ali, recently returned from a year abroad in Florence, regularly host a cultural spectacle known as Tuscan Tuesday. Last night was the finale of this summertime tradition, and John and I made our first appearance at the event. If we are so keen on Italianizing ourselves, you may wonder why we have not attended more Tuscan Tuesdays? Well, for starters, we were obviously busy practicing our picture pose ...

... 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 through the large fountain beside the antique carosul. The mood was very relaxed and reminded more of a small country fair rather than a busy downtown of a major city. It took us some time to leave as we got stuck in the ...