Hello all:

For only the second time since I moved to a close-to-the-border community 9 years ago, I have left our fair land to visit the US. I received my passport on Monday and am now in Spokane, Washington for a couple of days. It's actually closer to where I live than the nearest Canadian city of an size. Been here about an hour and a half -- it looks beautiful and I'm looking forward to checking it out further. However, a visit to Chuck E. Cheese has been on the request list for about 3 years so that's one of our "must-dos".

I'll probably touch base with you later tonight...although I have no specific interest in visiting the US, there certainly look to be some interesting things to see. If any of you have any suggestions, I would be grateful. If we don't fit it in this time, we will probably be coming again anyway (now that we have passports) so don't hesitate to share your knowledge of this city.

Have a great evening, y'all.