Spotlight on Spokane

Leaving Riverside we followed the Okanagan river for several miles.

It was fascinating to see how green it could be on the irrigation side and how dry and barren just across the road. By the way, do you think the hillside with all the dishes is where Jodi Foster contacted the aliens?

 

 

 

 

 

 

After turning east on US highway 2 we began to see fields of golden wheat just waiting for harvest.

We had two reasons for visiting Spokane. The main reason was to visit with Kay and Bob who had recently retired to Spokane. This is Lee waiting in the boat with a view of the back of their beautiful home.

And here we go on a boat ride along the lake. Kay’s brother Ken is driving…thanks Ken for a great ride!

Kay and Bob’s home is just a few steps from the water, but that isn’t true for everyone on this lake. However, some people are determined to get to the water and can be very creative in how they do so!

Here they used the good old way of many, many, many stairs:

This one was mechanized with a motorized lift. With the steep hill, I’m sure I would be screaming all the way down!

And this one used A LOT of old tires to make their stairs.

I don’t think I’d want to get to the water this badly, but just think of the exercise you could get!

A view of Kay’s home from the front. Beautiful house for beautiful people!

The next day we took the truck in to a Dodge dealer for some regular maintenance and they gave us a shuttle ride over to the mall where I got another really bad haircut! With the truck all greased and oiled we decided to drive on over to Coeur d’Alene.

This is the world’s longest floating dock. It wraps all around the marina.

This looks like a great new water toy that we will have to check out for Nanticoke:

 

Kids jumping off the rocks and into the lake. Oh, to be young and foolish again!

On our last day in Spokane we drove up to the Green Bluff area of fruit stands and farmers markets. Our first stop was cherry picking! In less than 15 minutes we picked 7 pounds of the best tasting cherries at a price of 75 cents per pound! YUMMM

A lovely three days visiting good friends and a beautiful city.

Tomorrow it’s off to Montana!