On our way to Spokane, WA Tuesday, we noticed that the high desert growing valley extended quite a ways from Yakima, WA. We had thought that Eastern Washington would be more forested with fir and old growth oak, etc. But the desert extended to about 50 or so miles West of Spokane. Then the trees started to show. In one rolling field, there were just 2 fir trees standing alone on the hillside. Our campground is very treed and we are unable to get satellite even with our mobile dish setup.
We went into Spokane, WA today. It was a challenge to find an appropriate dog daycare that is large enough for the number of dogs and would take Karma for an evaluation after 9am (we called too late to get her in there by 9am). Also, we are finding out that off-leash dog parks are not even present in Spokane, WA but maybe in Coeur d'Alene, ID (30 miles East of here). We haven’t seen any recycling bins here at the campground or around Spokane, WA, either.
Seems we might be in “white” country. Looking at the demographics (460K population) , it doesn’t look too colorful or diverse overall – 89% white. They have a pretty standard looking “Bell” curve for the ages between “Under 5” and “75-84”.
The streets in Spokane, WA itself are very rough. We think they are the roughest we have seen in cities. We saw a couple of large parks. There are 7 bridges that cross the wide Spokane River. We had to cross a couple of times and found the traffic moved well back and forth. On Interstate 90 coming back West to the campground, the right lane is rutted down about 3-4 inches. They are working on sections of it to re-pay. It looks like overweight trucks/haulers are to blame. Going East into town the ruts were not very deep and we weren’t having trouble staying smooth.
