Day 18 (August 30, 2016) To Spokane, WA

After saying goodbye to Barbara, we stop in Cranbrook for a car and trailer wash. They may be peculiar at the border. Thirty years ago when we had moved to Davis, the agriculture department was at our door as soon as the moving truck had left to inspect our things for soil residues... We have about 100 km before we reach the Idaho boarder at East Port. It is a big border station but it does not look that they have visiting scholar crossing often as it takes them more than ½ hour to sort things out. Uncle Sam now has our finger prints and picture. We made sure we did not bring much food along but their questions is very minimal and they do not come out to inspect our trailer and car. We continue our drive to stop in Spokane. We have a reservation at an RV park or I would rather say a variation on a Walmart parking lot! Right by the freeway, it is convenient, noisy and very cramped! So we park the Alto and leave! There is a movie theater downtown with a mid-afternoon showing if ‘Ms. Florence Foster Jenkins’. Downtown Spokane is very interesting and the refinement of the architecture of many buildings makes you believe that this city was a big economic centre at some point. Good theater in the downtown mall: each seat is a lazyboy! The movie has to be good or we will fall asleep! We have dinner at the mall before going to Costco to try to get a phone. Ha! Those Americans! Not much knowledge there for a good phone plan for us but the place is filled with beer, wine, hard liquor and the usual stuff we are used to have in Costco. To my surprise, only the liquor is a good deal (and bottles of 1,5L of course), the food and all the rest is as expensive if not more… Looks like we will start drinking! Back to the ‘trailers’ parking’ to sleep… with ear plugs!