Motel 6 Spokane West Airport

... 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. <br>Not exactly sure yet where we'll meet up with Rose and Jim....probably at LAX before the flight.<br><br><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 ...

... br>I will write a true blog entry once I arrive, but wanted to send one out before I left to work out any possible kinks. <br>Hope to keep in touch. I will miss you all, but look forward to swapping adventure stories! I have a feeling this year is going to fly by...<br>Peace and Love, <br>-Ingrid<br><br><br>

We left West Glacier and headed to Washington using Highway 2. After talking with a lot of the people in the campground we decided that was our best choice. By heading West and not south toward I-90 we would not have to go through the road construction that we came through coming up and it saved about 50 miles.<br><br>This route was very rural but scenic and we were excided that we missed ...

... br><br><br>Handsome mates aren't they? Ben and John about to make out.<br><br><br>Josh and Katie prepping for the Phish show!<br><br><br>Only one word can describe Betsy and Jim's face off ...

... swayed from side to side, and that the engineer blew the whistle to many times. Eventually I got annoyed enough that I suggested if they wanted to talk the lounge car was directly behind us and they might be more comfortable back there. I was told that it was their first time on a train and asked if they were keeping me up. When I said yes they said sorry.... and kept right on talking ...

... Gehrke once made numerous decorative windmills from scrap. As he is now deceased, his collection sits in a fenced enclosure in a roadside park near Grand Coulee. The art is surrounded by chain link fence - art too dangerous to be set free? Sadly, more likely to protect the art from destructive critics, yes? More scenery as we drove toward Spokane but kind of late to enjoy a dinner.

Spokane. 2:00 AM. We stumble off the train, meet up with our luggage, find a cab, and fall into a room at the EconoLodge nearby. We sleep. The bed is flat. It's not moving. There is no crying baby nearby. And there is a real live blanket and pillow. More later, when there is time... Peace, yo, Tim and Sally

lots of trees. ran out of gas outside of Spokane. found out how accurate my gas gauge was. did try to get gas but there weren't any visible off the interstate and when i ventured off, the one i found was closed. sassafrassin'... anyway, stopped at the beginning of the off ramp with the 7-11 just around the bend. argh. cop pulls over asking if everything was ok. then says he cannot drive me to the 7-11 less than a quarter mile away. grrrr...