Washington - Idaho - Montana Post-Vacation News Letter
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Adventures in Downtown Spokane

 

 

 

 

 

 

  We start out with a nice trip back to the Spokane, WA airport where Joyce takes back the 6 cyl  rental because she swears it has fleas.  She scours the parking lot for something newer with less miles. She get a Chevy Aveo 4 cyl.. We take some time to explore the city and get lost repeatedly. (Note!! people here neither know how to give good directions or clearly direct through street signs).  Next day we get back downtown to find  a different kind of festival going on.. At least the participants have good manners the nice man with the bright purple mini dress, heels and brown wig did remember to take off his wig before entering the men's bath room. Trust me he didn't fool anyone with that outfit everyone, even the children  turned to see which door he took. Sensing that he had an audience he dramatically snatched the wig off before entering the men's bathroom. I was just happy that he just snatched off the wig.

As you can see we did walk around and take some pictures and get a gondola ride in over the scenic  Spokane River, good thing we didn't fall in because it has very high mercury content from mining operations in Idaho. The food was nothing to write home about.

 

Driving News Flash !!!!

Big Sky Country  is Montana's  motto. We have changed it to Big Sky.. Big Mountains and few gas stations. On our trip from Spokane to Helena. We had a moment of insanity and did not get gas hence insanity. 

We had to  pray that we could get through the mountains . We actually coasted the last 7-8 miles into Helena. as you can see Joyce made me get out and run beside the car to conserve fuel during  our ride. She said the she felt bad having to make me run,  She explained that  she was the good one so I had to run -- and run I did. She kept hollering to me "Run Forrest Run". and laughing. like she was the smart one too. Well she then decided to let me  drive on the down side and she jumped out while the car was still rolling. (Now I am the smart one!! ) Then we both had to run. Needless to say we might have been the only black people in the state and we were running down hill after our car.  Joyce told me that I was a running savant. She said that she was particularly impressed with my Michael Jackson moonwalk run and James Brown hot pants and good foot  running style.

Let's go Fishing

As you can maybe see, I was able to do a little fishing in the wilds of Montana (Canyon Ferry Lake) not any bear sightings just deer and pronghorns. I happened to catch only  one  3-4 lb rainbow.  But it was worth the trip just for the scenery.

Idaho To Go

Our time in Idaho was brief just stopped long enough to take some pictures in the Town of Coeur d'alene the bridge behind us was the way we came in, Joyce started to get upset with all  the stares and started talking loud to the culprits. So I made an executive decision an got us out of town while the getting was good. Evidently  Idaho is a drive-by , drive-in and drive-thru kind of state to be done under the cover of darkness and in a sombrobero, you know what I mean.

 

 Drive to Helena
 

 

Fishing in the wilds of Montana    

 
 

Our little field trip to Idaho