.22 Jun 2018
Fairchild AFB, FamCamp— Dry Camp
We left our honey hole next to the Salmon river about 0945 enroute to White Bird, ID about 240 miles away. I had a great time driving. Our 2 lane hwy route took us through some very mountainous terrain, some awesome very curvy banked roads that followed the river through the canyons, and then through miles of wheat and mustard fields.
We got close to our next boondock site by White Bird, and it was 2pm, but then we realized we had entered Pacific Time and it was only 1 pm. Too early to stop, so we decided to keep driving for a while. Next thing we know, we are only 100 miles away from Spokane, out of our 450 mile trip, so on we went.
We arrived at the AFB at 6pm, after 9 hours on the road. Not too tired as it was an awesome drive through some amazing parts of our great country. It is always a great feeling entering a military installation, there is no place like home.
Once we arrived at the AFB Gate to check our IDs, the SP wanted to “inspect” our rig, so we opened it up, and he said “wow, now this is camping” and our response was “we are living, not camping, roughing it means hitting the wrong button on the microwave”. We chatted for a while then departed to the FamCamp. No hookups available, but plenty of dry campsites (read “open field”). No problem.
The next day we went to downtown Spokane. Spokane seems like a typical northern city trying to reinvent itself after many ups and downs of losing local industry. What is going for them now is they are transforming to a service industry, lots of eateries, artists venues, and a young crowd. Of course they have a vast Riverfront Park, which was the site of the 1974 World’s Fair. There is a sculpture walk, a cable car offers views over tumbling Spokane Falls, and an old carousal and lots of green of space.
We enjoyed hanging out, just sitting outside listening to a street performer sign his heart out, with “our” kind of music. After we walked through a local bazar were folks were selling their wears, on two block off streets. Very enjoyable.
For lunch we went to a Japanese sushi joint, were we sat at a bar, while the food traveled on a small conveyor belt in front of us. The small plates were priced by a color code, we really liked the food, and it was fun too.
