Thursday - July 2

Woke up to a 54 degree, dreary, cloudy day.....it gets light really early up here - around 4:30ish!    Still adjusting to these time changes, but no problem sleeping like babies!!!

So, had some cereal and off for some Spokane adventures.    We checked out Manito Park which is 90 acres and 4 gardens of beauty just minutes from downtown.   The Lilac Garden would've been something to see, but those pretty trees are past their prime.   Onto "Rose Hill" and roses, roses, so many gorgeous roses.  

I took lots of these luscious blooms (every color)...

Me standing amongst one of several rose patches

Walked to the Japanese Garden - darn....it was closed cause of Covid (shortage of staff)?   

Mirror Lake

Left the park and on the hunt for some coffee/treats?    Besides Starbucks, there are a lot of other coffee shops, so....found this very cute spot downtown and got coffees/caramel long john for Mark and blueberry/lemon scone for me) to go - good stuff!!!

Sweet Frostings Blissful Bakeshop

Next up was in the heart of Spokane where we had to drive around a bit for parking - lots of parking garages, but not tall enough for Big Red.    We found a public lot and then hoofed it across the Spokane River (lots of bridges) and enjoyed strolling thru Riverfront Park.

The dam over the Spokane River

Pretty pink posies

Rushing water

Upper falls

Walked across this bridge

This ginormous wagon was in the park - Luke, Maeve and Blair would've loved climbing up the

ladder in the back and sliding down the front!    Should've had Mark stand by the tire which was well over his head!

We left the Riverfront and drove to the campus of Gonzaga University 

Very old, charming campus founded in 1887

And then it was lunch time.    As we were driving around and since we've been here, we've seen lots and lots of Asian restaurants and thought Chinese would be good.    So Trip Advisor suggested Mr. Wok close to our campground.    Stopped and picked up egg rolls, sweet 'n sour pork, orange chicken and fortune cookies - excellent and enough.

We read our books and took naps this afternoon - finally, around 5ish, the sun came out and stayed out!    Tah dah.   Warmed up to 71.

Maeve is flying a kite in the meadow in her pretty dress

Fun times with Pa (and Nana) catching a big ole frog

Liam had his first game of the season today - although his team lost 13-9 (came back 2x to tie), it was great to be back "playing ball"!!!

Hope #19 has a fantastic season!

Walked around the park tonight - gorgeous evening!    Tomorrow is a travel day heading

 to Wilbur, WA