Holiday Inn Express Valley Spokane

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.

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!
Spokane, Washington, United States nomadgal

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.

It was a very sad morning, saying farewell to our ranching chums.  Sid and Nancy left very early for Philadelphia, Robert and Kelly to Indiana, Jill, Fred and William (who came for a long weekend) back to Dallas and the heat and Jane, Jim, Steve and Judith off to Spokane for their afternoon flight to San Francisco.  The Greens and Priests set about loading their RVs ready for the next stage of our holiday - us to drive to Plains, Montana (about 2.5hours away) and The Greens to San ...

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Alpine Dave showing us all how to alpine mantel


Ray, Alexa, Ben and Lindsey - it's like old days back at the 617 house!




Day and Lindsey freakin'

... headed) to obtain the new camera he had chosen but was out of stock in this store. Hey this is easy Karon sets Mandy to the address and away we go, following the Mandy instructions, Umm how did we end up in the 'burbs? Viewing the houses in East Spokane? Ahh umm Karon suggests she may have put in Broad Ave instead of Broadway ave, that may have something to do with the problem. Hey we are used to finding different places to turn a 29 ft Castle so this is not a challenge at all. We ...

... American artifacts, natural history, and pioneer exhibits. We liked it as much for the community spirit it demonstrated as for the artifacts it displayed. The local people put a lot of themselves into it. There were hundreds of personal collections of artifacts, minerals, newspaper clippings or local paintings. -Explorer Troops moving and restoring old log cabins in the Pioneer ...