Holiday Inn Express Spokane-Downtown, Wa

My friend Diane just reminded me that I hadn't finished the story with the jade earrings. Here is a photo of the finished product. I love them. The jade is actually a very pale green color (all jade starts out white and is affected by other minerals as to the colors). The settings are silver and I am very happy with them indeed.

... br> Leaving Saturday for L.A. where I'll meet up with Terry Chamorro and stay at her place Saturday night. Sunday morning we have a 7:45am flight out of LAX which means going to the airport at 5:45am. Ungodly time. We are flying on Mexicana Airlines via Mexico City to Guatemala City.
Not exactly sure yet where we'll meet up with Rose and Jim....probably at LAX before the flight.

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.

... most of the UK are patriotic but I could not imagine the response in the crowd if we were all asked to sing  “god save the queen” every time One Man and his dog started. 

Unfortunately we were unable to stay for the Tom Addis Dodge PRCA Rodeo or the Rhinestone Roper or watch the Canine Demo let alone the Cabela’s Dutch Oven Cook-Off (heaven knows what that is about). Another recommendation - stop by if you see any state fairs, especially for the rodeos. 

... gmacht sond**n händ eifach kilomet**wiis em b**g nah däruf baut.

Churz vorem idunkle hämm** hööch üb**eme see en bär entdeckt wo det go fische isch. Er hät sini büüti as uf** bracht und gnüsslich v**schlunge. Eus hät ** üb**haupt nöd beachtet, sind v**muetlich zwiit weg gsi und drum hämm** eus mittel steiwurf (kei angscht, nöd diräkt uf ihn) für äs foti vo vorne bem**kbar gmacht. Nachh** isch ** abzottlet ...

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Handsome mates aren't they? Ben and John about to make out.


Josh and Katie prepping for the Phish show!


Only one word can describe Betsy and Jim's face off ...

... heart) becoming lost in the woman's clothing section. The end result was we left the store with a/ the photos done. b/ Earnie with some Dvd"s and a new $11 watch and C/ Karon with some BARGAINS!. A good deal for all. Only stopper for this is Rick decided a new camera would be in order to "maybe" reduce the IT problems, (Yeah right! He claims he was having trouble download the photos from the old camera) The upshot is he managed to obtain an address to another Wal-Mart (on the way we ...

... ourselves. We spent the morning at the Chelan County Historic Museum. The Pioneer Village is constructed of twenty original pioneer structures dating back to the late 1800's, complete with interior artifacts, to provide an accurate "snapshot" of life the way it was in simpler times. The Chelan County Historical Museum is 13,000 sq ft that includes outstanding displays of ...

... things with Esme and I just didn't work out. I think the reasons are pretty typical of why people break up; different values, different plans for the future, etc., only compounded by the fact that we come from two very different cultures. Anyhow, 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 ...