Wednesday July 23, 2008 - Spokane, Washington
Whoo-Hoo!!! We have made it into the Pacific Time zone and into Washington State! Thank you, Lord!
Our drive was gorgeous going through the Cabinet Mountains, into the Priest River Valley of Idaho and on into Spokane. The only thing lacking in today’s travel was a “welcome sign” at the Washington border!!! Nothing!
We will be staying in Spokane for one night and have even left our trailer hooked up to the truck for the night. Upon checking in Bruce was told that there was to be an ice cream social tonight which he was thrilled about. Unlike the last one in North Dakota, this one was free and they provide bowls and spoons.
Also, we were given a farm map of the area. It’s pretty cool and has a calendar showing what fruits and vegetables are in season during any given month of the year. The camp host said that Rainier cherries were ripe and “pretty darn good” this year and available as “you pick” for $1.00 per pound!!! I have only seen them in grocery stores for $5.99 a pound, so that’s a bargain if you had the time. I’m thrilled to get back into a produce producing area again. Unfortunately Florida was not the agricultural giant that I thought it would be.
When we got settled Bruce gave a call to a colleague that he worked with at HP down in Palo Alto in 1978. He had taken a transfer to Spokane about the same time that we took our transfer to Vancouver. They had a great conversation and hoped to reconnect in California during a business trip.
Today we made the decision not to cross the steep pass of the Northern Cascade range. It was too stressful an unknown. Our truck has been carrying its maximum load for four months and we just felt led to not cross the pass. We had hoped to visit friends in the Seattle area but will do that another time.
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