Grandparent duties in Spokane

 After leaving Walla Walla, we set up camp at our regular Spokane spot, Northern Quest Casino RV Park.    It's perfectly located for us with large, neat sites and wonderfully accommodating staff.     It's owned and run by the Kalispel Tribe of Indians, who also operate a neat little raceway right down the road!  

We went over early last Friday evening and scored the perfect parking spot!  We could sit in the comfort of the Jeep's leather seats and watch all the action. Sure beat the cement bleachers!

sometimes Dave would sit outside and watch

aftermath of the Jet car's run!

The RV Park was great place for us and Beluga while we spent time with sweet Annie girl.

Before Jesse and Erin left for their vacation in France, and before we moved into the house to stay with the girl, we did a little exploring and restauranting.

our picnic spot on pretty Davis Lake

check out this great mural!

delicious Shrimp and Grits
(almost as good as Laurel and Eric's version)

interesting take on Mexican Street Corn at Kismet

Beluga had a checkup at the great Spokane Caterpillar facility while we were staying at Jesse's house.    Except for the expected aging problems, she got a clean bill of health.   

Grandparent duty is a hard but wonderful job.    Let me just say that we fell into bed and slept very soundly every night!    Here's Annie - and Molly too of course...

Molly helped Dave go over the care plan and household hints paperwork  

 a study in beige

Where's Annie?

PEEK A BOO!

Follow Papa

strawberry picking (aka strawberry eating)

We were able to enjoy some family time with Jesse and Erin also when they returned.    Annie was happy to see her mamma and daddy!

riding the big bike with daddy

family pie preparation

Our babysitting gig over, we left Spokane on Sunday morning.    We drove a little over an hour north to an ownership park on the Pend Oreille River.    We're close enough to visit often, but it's time for everyone to get back to normal.

This is a quiet, rural park right on the river.   Everyone is very friendly, except our closest neighbor.    She and her "husband" are very vocal and yell at us whenever we open Beluga's door.    We understand that she won't be here for much longer but we're trying to help them realize that we mean no harm.....we're really very nice people.

see her?

We sit in the gazebo every evening to watch the sun sink into the mountains across the river.