Apr 21st to 24th - CDA to Spokane

Apr 21st – Wed – CDA/Spokane
Terry was going to put new springs on the 5th wheel when we move to friends Bill & Georgia’s but he decided to get the spring company to do it. We drove in to see them again and set up an appointment for Tuesday. We hoped that we could get it done Friday since we will be packed up to move but they were busy.
Terry was so relieved to have made a decision about the springs that we headed to the CDA Casino to celebrate! We got there about 1:30, had dinner at 4 and finally left at 8:30 with a small amount of winnings in our pockets. Great dinner, good day all around.

Apr 22nd – Thurs – CDA/Spokane
We woke up to rain this morning so puttered around and finally headed to a nearby Laundromat when the one in the park continued to be busy. We checked out a sporting goods store for an item for my sister and picked up a few groceries on the way back to the park.
We had a fairly early dinner and then headed into Spokane to visit friends Mike & Mary. They are starting an extensive remodeling project in their house so with that and everything else going on in their lives and ours for several months, we did not run out of things to talk about until we left after 10.

Apr 23rd – Fri – to Spokane
We packed up and left about 10:30 this morning to park in Bill & Georgia’s back yard. I called Costco before we left to see if my contacts had arrived but no such luck.
After setting up, Terry figured it was past time to check the anode rod & flush out the hot water tank (yes, it was past time!) so he & Bill went shopping one way and Georgia & I went another. We met up with the guys at Fred Meyers where Bill fueled up Georgia’s car – nice guy!
It was a lovely day so we were able to sit outside where we introduced B&G to artichokes for a very late lunch. After a shared dinner, the ladies embarrassed the guys at Sequence.

Apr 24th – Sat – Spokane
Bill came over for coffee this morning and then we all went to CDA to pick up my contacts. Of course they arrived a few hours after we left yesterday. We munched our way through the samples in Costco and then had a hot dog for lunch. We checked out some RVs displayed in a parking lot and made a few other stops before getting back to B&G’s about 3:30, just in time for an early cocktail.
We went to Northern Quest Casino to meet Mike & Mary at 6. We tried to talk B&G into joining us but they are not gamblers and smoke really bothers Georgia. When we saw Mike & Mary, we decided to gamble for an hour before having dinner which turned out to be a good decision for Mike. When we met the second time, he was standing beside a machine with a huge grin on his face while he waited to be paid out on his $2506.00 jackpot!
Needless to say, dinner was on Mike! We hung around gambling in the same area for a while after dinner but then drifted apart and we didn’t see them again. I lost money quickly before dinner but started to do better while Terry just couldn’t win a thing. We drove back into our private RV park at 1:30.