Ramada Spokane Valley Veradale

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.

... UK &#8211; and for anyone who has never heard of it this is rodeo for under sixes or those under 40lbs.  The kids are dressed in chaps and given a helmet and then loaded onto a sheep &#8211; the longest ride wins.  We keeled over with laughter to see these little kids gripping on to the sheep then swinging under their bellies and dropped to the floor.  This would be a great crowd puller in the UK.  The kids that won were then going to be in the grand final on the Sunday and the ...

... from London and having had the luxury of sampling some of the best restaurants in the world, our expectations were not that high.  The chef was leaving the next day to start a bistro in San Francisco so he was excited at what he had prepared for us.  He introduced each course with a tantalising description told us how he had done what and why (working with corn so it does not get too sweet").  We sampled corn chowder which was light and fluffy, had our ...

... at home and this was a Ford Focus but that didn&#8217;t stop him breaking the world record rally course time and nearly giving Steve a heart attack on the way! We got there in one piece and off we went to the clubhouse to sign in. Here I found that we were playing a top 50 US course famous for one particular hole "The floating green at Coeur d&#8217;Alene!" &#8211; the ...

Most of the adults participated in the adult test &#8211; to see whether we could go on the adult horse ride.  We all failed &#8211; it was hysterical.  Ian and I were cantering English style on a western horse and it was utterly wrong.  We couldn't understand the reaction of the horse and realised that the moves we were told to do in the UK gave out a different message.  Additionally these horses are trail horses and hated being in the ring so ...

<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 ...

... with our up and down motion when trotting &#8211; Wyatt looked back at me and was not happy with what was happening in the saddle.     <br><br>We went for a scenic trek across the mountain and thoroughly enjoyed the views of the mountain ranges around us.  The children went off on their trail too, Edie being led by Jeannie on foot. They loved the cowboy feel.<br><br>The afternoon Ian and I went clay shooting experiencing 12 and 20 gauge guns.  I ...

... have my gmail account (ivhannan@gmail.com) <br>and facebook (www.facebook.com/ingrid.hannan) <br>and skype: my ID is ingrid.hannan<br>so you can contact me those ways as well! <br><br>My address: <br>Apdo. Postal 830<br>San Pedro de Macorís<br>Dominican Republic<br><br>Please write letters! I will write ...

... aunt, uncle and brother and wife.  This world is small.<br><br>Our log cabin was spacious, comfortable and clean.  Everything laid on with a view of the valley and the horses.  We freshened up and started to unpack the RV and then it was dinner and a chance to find out who the Green&#8217;s knew that we knew and meet our other guests, a lovely couple from Philly called Siggy and Nancy who we have nicknamed Sid and Nancy.<br><br>We were invited to a ...