We sat outside and enjoyed our coffee and the peace and quiet. Pam came by with her two dogs and we bid her a fond farewell. She is from Oklahoma and has been here all winter and has yet to sit down and plan her next move. She is very nice and has two big dogs that she walks at least twice a days. Usually they go in opposite directions and we mostly see her almost split in half, ams extended and big dog on the end of their leads.
We finally decide to get a move on and packed and stowed everything. We left about 10:30.
I stopped in Wenatchee at Walmart to get some plant food for the Plumeria. Have I told you about our plumeria? Well, I have been raising them at the ranch. I have three very large ones. Two pinks and a yellow. They have been in big pots that we bring in to the build out in the winter to keep them from freezing and then put out in the spring. They were actually getting to big and heavy to do that. Rhonda is taking care of all the plants on our lot while we are gone. She weeds, trims, and feeds everything. She also covers delicate plants in the winters. That is her business and she works for probably a third of the park. Anyway, we agreed to plant the two biggest Plumerias and the smaller, which is the yellow and smells the best, we (I) decided to bring with us. So, we are hauling this big ass plant around with us. In a couple weeks it is going to bloom and it will be worth it, but for right now it is just a pain in the butt. Note to self, next time haul around a tomato plant or something that produces something you can eat!
Anyway, I stopped at Walmart to get it some food. I also needed gas. As you may recall, we have two vehicles. I am driving my little car and Rob is driving the Pick-up pulling the RV.
Rob was on the road ahead of me. He called me and suggested I go up to Little Diamond and check it out. We are headed right now to Fairchild Air Force Base. We will stay there until Thursday. The reason for this is; We are flying to Reno tomorrow because we both have Dr.s appointments for our annual physical on Wednesday with our Dr. in Tahoe that we have been seeing for the past 16 years.
It is much cheaper to stay on an Air Force Base than a KOA. When we get back we are supposed to go up to the KOA for two weeks. Rob suggested that I go directly to the KOA and check it out to see if we want to go up there or just stay at the Air Force Base. The KOA is about 55 miles northeast of Spokane. So, that was the plan.
Everything changed however in a little town called Reardan which is about 22 miles west of Spokane. I was passing a truck going about 70 mph when all of a sudden I started hearing wap, wap, wap. I pulled over and looked at my tires and looked under the car and didn't see anything. So I started again, but the noise was still there. I called Rob and told him something was wrong with my car. I pulled over again into a Cafe parking lot, in the shade and looked under the car again. Sure enough, I found it. The inside of my left rear tire was coming apart. Thank God it didn't pop or come apart completely, I probably would have crashed.
I called Rob again and roadside assistance. My cool car has a button I press for assistance. They contacted AAA to send someone out to change my tire. It would be within the hour. In the meantime, (actually while I was on the phone with them) Rob, whom I thought was ahead of me was actually behind saw me and pulled over. We cancelled AAA and he changed the tire.
I limped into Spokane on my spare and into a Lexus dealership. I had an extended warrantee on my tires. I knew I was due for some new ones. My tires are bigger in the back than the front, so they cannot be rotated. I have 41,000 plus miles on my tires already and figured they would have to be replaced soon. I just had my car serviced 4,ooo miles ago and they said they were still good. We called Costco to see how much they would be and they said $1000. plus, they would have to order my rears.
Anyway, I went to Lexus because of the warrantee. As it turned out, my warrantee was worthless. My car was seriously out of alignment and wore my tires severely. They said it should have been noted by the last service people. Anyway, short story made really long, I had them do my alignment and got 4 new tires. They worked out between the two Lexus dealerships to not charge me for the alignment and the tires were cheaper than what Costco had and they had all 4 in stock. So, two hours later I was out the door with my car safe again. Yippee!
Meanwhile, Rob had gone on to Fairchild and got all set up. Naturally I didn't go to Little Diamond, I went straight to him.
We went to the mess hall for dinner. We had ribs, yum, and then we went into Spokane to check it out.
We went to Riverside park and walked about.
Then we walked down to the Power Plant with the huge waterfall. It's beautiful.
We walked down by the power plant into the park.
That's the park to the right.
Across the bridge we discovered an Anthony's Seafood restaurant. They are famous for, among other things, their fruit slumps, and Rob loves their peach ice cream (when it is in season). We went in to see if they did have Peach Ice Cream yet and yes indeed they did, and peach Slump. So, we asked to be seated.
What a nice table and view! We had a glass of wine, Rob had the ice cream and I had the slump. I could only eat half of it. It was yummy, but I was still to full from the dinner.
I told him I was really tired, I didn't sleep so well and got up at like 5:30, and was ready to call it a night.
We drove back to the base, prepared coffee for the morning and went to bed. We have to get up early for our flight.
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