first night in washington

Last night we boondocked in the parking lot at a casino in Spokane. Boondocking--parking without electricity, sewer, water hookups. We rely on battery power, LP, and the inverter. We don't suffer, believe me. I looked up what dining rooms or buffets were in the casino, always something to discover, and lo and behold, there's a sports bar with a 30ft x 10ft screen with 3 smaller screens attached to each side, plus multiple screens all around the room! So we decided to watch Monday night football while eating supper! Alan loved it, but couldn't hear the plays cuz remember, he has hearing only in his right ear, and that is only at about 40%. So he could hear everything on the same level that was going on in the sports bar---and it was loud. But he enjoyed watching it on the big screen. If you are reading this you probably know I don't watch football, don't know much about it. I've always either watched a good movie on another channel, sewn, or gone to a fabric store when a football game is on. So here I am at the big screen, and I'm having stimulus overload, so I'm more concerned about what funny looking shoes the man next to us has on, where is that hostess seating people that they can't see the big screen, what are all those men in jackets and headsets doing, look at those football shaped glasses, look at the posters featuring all the specials of the week, wow, look at those other games showing on the smaller screens, look, you can sit in a booth and have your own smaller tv on any channel you want. Poor Alan, I think he was ready for me to walk back to the motorhome! I did try to watch the big game but I'm hopeless. I left at halftime but he stayed and watched. I took a picture of the big screen with my cell phone but forgot to 'save' it so it's not here. In an hour we move to an RV park--we didn't go last night cuz we wanted to check them out first. And we like to boondock when we can. We'd rather stay in a state or national park but this big parking lot looked inviting yesterday.
And yes Jan, Mom flew home Saturday Sept 5. Now Heidi flies in tomorrow and stays with us for 5 days. We're going to drive in the countryside near fruit orchards. Apples, pears, peaches, blackberries and raspberries are in here. Wow our growing seasons are different! Can't wait to see all that fruit--plus there's lots of vegetables to pick.
til then.....
from sea to shining sea.....
mimi