Spokane

We arrived in Spokane on July 21, 2017.  It was a rough ride from Mossyrock, Washington to Spokane.  Plus we had to stop for a potty break for Bobby and Cindy.  I pulled off the road where we had plenty of room for the truck and RV.  Cindy and Bobby went to the restroom (we pull ours with us) and as Cindy was coming from the RV to the truck she tripped and fell down the steps of the RV and hurt her back and bottom.  She is still hobbling around and her butt is bruised up.  To make matters worse we lost the cover locking panel to the electrical cable box on the way here and that is going to cost more than I want to pay to get it fixed.  But that is life in an RV, I guess.

We have not done a lot of things here but we did go downtown today to see the Riverside Park and the  Upper and Lower Spokane Falls.  It is a big park but they are doing a lot of construction around the area.  So it was unsightly and we did not enjoy it as much as we thought we would.
To make matters worse we parked in a paid parking lot while we were walking around.  I paid $8 to park there.  When we can back to the truck we had a ticket for a parking violation for the amount of $48.  The violation was pulling over the line in front of the space I parked in.  Now my truck is a Ford 350 which is also a dully and it is longer than a car and it was longer than there stripped off spaces.  There were no signs that said large trucks not allowed.  The parking lot was almost empty and I parked on an end isle so that I would not block or bother anyone else.  Well, they will play hell trying to collect that $48.  I need to go back to the country where the RV parks allow campfires and Cigar smoking.












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