May 13th to 16th - Spokane

May 13th – Fri – back to Spokane
We packed up, dumped our tanks at the dump station, headed back to Spokane and stopped again at the 50,000 Silver $ bar for a good breakfast. We are staying at the Elks club just north of I90 & Pines. It is on a hill with quite a nice view of the city and is $95 for a week.
After we set up, we ran a couple of errands which included a grocery store as we invited friends Mike & Mary to come for dinner tomorrow. We also got an email from Neil & Robin (met in Mesa) which said they would going through Spokane on Sunday or Monday so I called to say we would be here and would love to see them. They said they should arrive late tomorrow.
The weather is lovely with a storm coming in so we put baby backs on the BBQ for dinner. Then Terry was antsy so we went to Northern Quest casino. We had been there quite a while when we ran into Mary. Anyone who knows the size of the casino knows that it is quite a coincidence to see someone there by accident.

May 14th – Sat – Spokane
I watched some cooking shows on TV this morning while Terry played games on the computer. I did some dinner prep before we found a laundromat and washed a couple of loads. I was on the phone a couple of times with Robin. They were making good time and were going to be here about 6:30 so Terry went to a grocery store for some more pork chops so they could join us for dinner.
Mike & Mary arrived right on time at 4. We showed off our home and had drinks and snacks before Neil & Robin got here at 6:30. We all enjoyed each other’s company and dinner. Mike & Mary had to leave fairly early so we played Wizard with Neil & Robin. On one of our phone calls, I had asked Robin if they would like to stay overnight with us and they said yes so we all finally went to bed about 12:30.

May 15th – Sun – Spokane
We got up fairly early and enjoyed a cup of coffee before all going to Shari’s for a good breakfast. When we got back, we taught Neil & Robin how to play Sequence – and Robin & I showed the guys how the girls win 3 out of 4 games! Neil & Robin left about 11.
It was very windy all last night and remained windy but fairly warm today. With rain in the forecast, we headed for the CDA Casino where it took us several hours to lose our allowance. We had to run through a heavy rain back to the truck.
We spent the rest of the afternoon & evening listening to the rain, watching TV and working/playing on the computer.

May 16th – Mon – Spokane
The word for the day is RAIN. I goofed off & watched TV while Terry played games on the computer this morning. In the late morning, we decided to actually do something and resumed our job of scanning pictures from our albums into the computer. We took a break for lunch and then worked all afternoon to finally finish one album – 567 pictures. It feels good to get that much done. We have 1 ½ albums left to go so if the rain continues as forecast, we may actually finish in the next couple of days.