Okay, so I've survived breakfast at the diner. Even despite the fact that they tried to tell anyone who would listen, all about their anticts growing up.
Well, it was time to start meandering to Spokane to see Rex and Peggy. I forgot to pack a coat so we decided to go to Walmart so I could pick up a sweatshirt to layer. Sherry took us via the back roads which was fun to see several rural communities and lots of land, forest and horses. Beautiful country. I of course had to keep asking Sherry if I was supposed to go left, right, straight because she was busy praddling about all kinds of stuff. I did a lot of internal laughing and thanking the good Lord that I had only one crazy sister.
We make it into Post Falls, which is where the Walmart is. Sherry points out the traffic cameras on the intersection and then goes on to tell us that the entire town is covered in cameras and they watch your every move. Luckily I saw the Walmart sign and needed no further driving direction, I could tell this tirade was going to last a while.
Madge actually got a TV for Andy, it was the last one of that model. Kinda crazy that there would still be one left at 12:30pm. It's a flat panel so it was easy to carry and we just covered it with a blanket in the back of the SUV and no one was the wiser.
Post Falls is about 30 minutes from Spokane so we were off like a herd of turtles. It started snowing as we were driving. It snowed clear until we were headed back to Athol around 9pm. It was great! Not!!!
Thanks to the fact that it's quite simple to get to Spokane from Post Falls I didn't need much assistance from Sherry. She and Madge were busy talking about nothing. I thought by now that these two would have run out of things to say. I was wrong.
So, we finally make our way through the city and to the VA hospital. The weather is crappy, but the view crossing the gorge was cool. Peggy was sitting with Rex when we arrived. He was looking very frail and had lost quite a bit of weight. Sherry is convinced that Rex won't make it to Christmas, but sometimes these things linger on for far to long. After a nice chat and visit with Peggy and Rex (before he fell asleep) we went to Phyllis' house.
(Phyllis, Peggy & Sherry)
The Park family are Seventh-day Adventists. Many of the church members are vegetarians or vegans even. We were now headed to have dinner at Phyllis'. I was wondering if we'd be eating tofurkey or something else kinda funky. I was pleasantly suprised to learn that Peggy is the only member that is a staunch vegetarian. Thank you!!!!! Phyllis actually made us a full Thanksiving dinner. It was very nice.
JR, Phyllis' husband was very nice and we all had some enjoyable conversations as we ate dinner. JR grew up eating squash pie and has been wanting Phyllis to make him one for quite some time. Well, they got som squash from a friend and found a recipe and decided to give it a try. Problem was, Phyllis read the recipe wrong and only added 1/2 cup of sugar when the recipe called for 1 1/2 cups of sugar. She didn't make us eat it.
(JR and Phyllis)
After a lot of chatting and visiting it was time to head back to Athol. The road that Phyllis lives on is quite rural and wooded and lovely scenery and not plowed. It had been snowing for 9 hours but luckily it wasn't really accumulating. We just had to take it slow, problem was, Sherry had no idea how to get to the freeway from Phyllis' house. Luckily I paid attention and was able to back track and get us back to the hospital.
Apparently Spokane has a lot of one way roads and a very large gorge and only so many bridges. Getting back to the freeway was very crazy and confusing. Sherry was yet again busy praddling on about something or other so I just watched for signs to give me direction. It all worked out.
Despite the fact that I was driving in the dark and snow through an unfamiliar city, I did get to see a really cool building. It appeared to be an apartment or condo tower and the lower levels were open for parking so the whole thing looked like it was on stilts and it hovered over the gorge. It was really cool to see in my 3 quick glances as I was crossing the gorge and didn't really want to end up IN the gorge.
The saga will continue tomorrow...
Well, it was time to start meandering to Spokane to see Rex and Peggy. I forgot to pack a coat so we decided to go to Walmart so I could pick up a sweatshirt to layer. Sherry took us via the back roads which was fun to see several rural communities and lots of land, forest and horses. Beautiful country. I of course had to keep asking Sherry if I was supposed to go left, right, straight because she was busy praddling about all kinds of stuff. I did a lot of internal laughing and thanking the good Lord that I had only one crazy sister.
We make it into Post Falls, which is where the Walmart is. Sherry points out the traffic cameras on the intersection and then goes on to tell us that the entire town is covered in cameras and they watch your every move. Luckily I saw the Walmart sign and needed no further driving direction, I could tell this tirade was going to last a while.
Madge actually got a TV for Andy, it was the last one of that model. Kinda crazy that there would still be one left at 12:30pm. It's a flat panel so it was easy to carry and we just covered it with a blanket in the back of the SUV and no one was the wiser.
Post Falls is about 30 minutes from Spokane so we were off like a herd of turtles. It started snowing as we were driving. It snowed clear until we were headed back to Athol around 9pm. It was great! Not!!!
Thanks to the fact that it's quite simple to get to Spokane from Post Falls I didn't need much assistance from Sherry. She and Madge were busy talking about nothing. I thought by now that these two would have run out of things to say. I was wrong.
So, we finally make our way through the city and to the VA hospital. The weather is crappy, but the view crossing the gorge was cool. Peggy was sitting with Rex when we arrived. He was looking very frail and had lost quite a bit of weight. Sherry is convinced that Rex won't make it to Christmas, but sometimes these things linger on for far to long. After a nice chat and visit with Peggy and Rex (before he fell asleep) we went to Phyllis' house.
(Phyllis, Peggy & Sherry)
The Park family are Seventh-day Adventists. Many of the church members are vegetarians or vegans even. We were now headed to have dinner at Phyllis'. I was wondering if we'd be eating tofurkey or something else kinda funky. I was pleasantly suprised to learn that Peggy is the only member that is a staunch vegetarian. Thank you!!!!! Phyllis actually made us a full Thanksiving dinner. It was very nice.
JR, Phyllis' husband was very nice and we all had some enjoyable conversations as we ate dinner. JR grew up eating squash pie and has been wanting Phyllis to make him one for quite some time. Well, they got som squash from a friend and found a recipe and decided to give it a try. Problem was, Phyllis read the recipe wrong and only added 1/2 cup of sugar when the recipe called for 1 1/2 cups of sugar. She didn't make us eat it.
(JR and Phyllis)
After a lot of chatting and visiting it was time to head back to Athol. The road that Phyllis lives on is quite rural and wooded and lovely scenery and not plowed. It had been snowing for 9 hours but luckily it wasn't really accumulating. We just had to take it slow, problem was, Sherry had no idea how to get to the freeway from Phyllis' house. Luckily I paid attention and was able to back track and get us back to the hospital.
Apparently Spokane has a lot of one way roads and a very large gorge and only so many bridges. Getting back to the freeway was very crazy and confusing. Sherry was yet again busy praddling on about something or other so I just watched for signs to give me direction. It all worked out.
Despite the fact that I was driving in the dark and snow through an unfamiliar city, I did get to see a really cool building. It appeared to be an apartment or condo tower and the lower levels were open for parking so the whole thing looked like it was on stilts and it hovered over the gorge. It was really cool to see in my 3 quick glances as I was crossing the gorge and didn't really want to end up IN the gorge.
The saga will continue tomorrow...
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Wow! You're getting all crazy on us with all of these blog entries. I don't know what to do...
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