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".