Miles 3736-4056: Spokane and Drive to Seattle
Two days ago, we got up, dressed, ate breakfast, and got in the car to take Jackson and Dad to play golf at Creek at Qualchan. Mom and I did laundry, checked out of the hotel, and got lunch at Huckleberry’s Natural Market. It was really hard to choose from all the different types of delicious food in there, but I got spanakopita, a Greek pastry with cheese and spinach inside. It was delicious. We picked up Dad and Jackson (Dad won their little tournament, the Creek-side Open, putting him up 2-1 in the Pacific Cup) and went to Manito Park for Dad and Jackson to eat lunch. Mom and I walked through the flower gardens. There was a rose garden, an English garden, and a conservatory in a greenhouse. There was also a perennial garden, but we didn’t have time to go in.
On our drive to Seattle, it was flat and middle-of-nowhereish in some places, like South Dakota, and really mountainous in others, like Western Montana. After we checked into our Airbnb in Seattle, we went to dinner at Ivar’s Salmon House. We hadn’t had any seafood in a long time and it was delicious food. We got the seafood tower for an appetizer, with coconut shrimp, ahi tuna, and calamari. Mom and I split smoked sockeye salmon with fried corn pudding and asparagus. To finish, we all together got a biscuit (English cookie) with whipped cream and a strawberry rhubarb compote. It was so good; rhubarb is like celery almost. Who first thought that it would go with strawberry so well? When we got back to the apartment, we started Return of the King. It was so sad, but so good. I won’t spoil anything for people who haven’t read/watched the Lord of the Rings, but the books and movies are both amazing.
“One foot in and one foot back; it don’t pay to live like that.”