So first the J&M news…they are moving to Seattle. Jan accepted a job offer in Seattle and they have decided to relocate. She starts work on November 16th but Mike will be staying in Eugene working at his current job until their house sells. Auntie Jan will be moving in…Zach and Nate are very excited.
Before I get into our Spokane weekend, here is a shot of the two completed pork shoulders I smoked last weekend.
They tasted as good as they looked.
Last Wednesday, Steph headed over to Spokane for some attorney conference. I held down the fort with the boys until Friday morning. I got them up at 5:30am and hit the road in the Pilot for Spokane. The boys were great on the ride out. We were making record time until mile 236 – that’s where I got my speeding ticket. I probably shouldn’t have been doing 85. It was cool while it lasted – no one (and I mean no one) passed me on I90 from downtown Seattle to milepost 236. After that, everyone passed me. Sigh.
We arrived in Spokane at around 10:30am and headed to Riverfront Park to check out the falls. Very cool. Zach and Nate loved watching the water fall down the rocks.
First part of Upper Falls on the Spokane River.
The other side of Upper Falls.
After the falls we strolled through the park where we picked up acorns. Now this may not seem exciting, but the boys have only seen acorns in the movie Ice Age. So when I introduced them to real acorns – well that was a big treat. We never went anywhere without our acorns the whole weekend. We took them to breakfast, lunch, and dinner…and to the movies.
We met up with mommy at noon and had lunch. Following lunch we had afternoon naps and then we headed back to the park with mommy and then we did some shopping. For dinner we ate at the hotel (We stayed at the Davenport – very nice place) restaurant. We had awesome service, good drinks, and a good meal. On Saturday we ate at Frank’s Diner – a converted railroad car so Zach loved that. We then drove out to Idaho just so the boys could say they’ve been to Idaho. We stopped at Cabela’s which had a bunch of stuffed wildlife. The boys loved that – it was basically a still-life zoo for them. Cabela’s also had an aquarium and a shooting gallery that the boys liked. From there we drove to Cat Tails Zoological Park to check out the 40+ cats (ie, tigers, lynx, pumas) and two bears that were there. It was a small place but fun none the less.
After lunch and naps we went to the movies and saw Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. The boys were very good during the movie which meant they were extra surly at dinner (again at the hotel). We drove home early Sunday.
Playing at the park.
Nate still not certain about riding the carousel.
Another happy customer at Frank’s Diner.
Space helmets made at nursery school!