One night in Missoula where we got new shoes on the coach and car finally! Not to make it too easy, Rob picked the older Les Schwab to use which made it a little tight to get into. With instructions from Todd at Les Schwab we bypassed downtown Missoula. He suggested that we pull into the Staples lot right across the street where they would work on the tires. Well, we made it into the lot, but not before dragging all the tires on the right side of the coach and the car over the curb as we made a tight turn. The bad news was they don’t have the equipment to make the exchange in the parking lot at this LS. We had to back up across the two lane city street and into the LS parking lot. With 5 ft tall Asst. Mgr Alex standing in the middle of the street to block traffic and me on the walkie talkie, not to mention Rob’s excellent backing ability, we made it into a very tight LS lot. The end result was successfully installed new tires all around. I’m not sure how Rob got out of the lot. I left to go shopping and met him at the RV park. Alex had to come out to boost the air pressure.

With an early start on July 25th Courtneys and Browns made it all the way to Deer Park, WA and the Spokane RV Resort and Deer Park Golf Club. Boy was it hot!. The park is very well laid out with cement pads and grassy spaces in between sites. We were on the golf course while Courtneys were directly across backing up to a wide green space which made a nice spot for meals behind their coach. The plan was to play a round of golf early in the morning. Our plans were changed due to a two day tournament at the course.

View off the back of our coach.

Nearby is an area called Green Bluff; an agricultural area dotted with U-pick farms and orchards. Armed with a map of the area we set out in search of cherries. We found several farms we could have stopped at and picked our own, but we opted for one that already had a great selection of fruits and vegetables already picked for us. The thought was we could pick cherries and make a pie. We could have bought already picked pie cherries for $17/lb or buy a frozen pie to cook for $12. Since I was the likely candidate to make a pie I quickly selected a frozen one and was it great. One of the best cherry pies I’ve ever tasted.

Rob getting ready to pick cherries

Next day we did get a tee time after the tournament at 2:10. The weather cooperated somewhat by providing a light cloud cover, making it a little cooler. For once the course was kind to me and I broke 49 on the first nine. Not so lucky on the second nine, but I came close to breaking 100.