Work Trip to Spokane and Pentz Homes Picnic

I had to fly out to Spokane, Washington to shoot Gonzaga University. It would've been fun to bring the whole family, but alas school is not out for summer. After the first night I went to Iron Goat Brewing for dinner, a couple of beers and the NFL Draft.

Then I went for a walk around Downtown Spokane.

Thought their downtown was pretty great for a city of 200,000.

After the second day of shooting at Gonzaga, I ended up at Chowderhead. I never knew I needed a Philly with a side of clam chowder. Both were perfect.

I did a little walking around the insane Spokane County Courthouse.

Like a fairy tale castle surrounded by parking lots.

Thanks to Scott going on this trip I learned this town is pronounced Spo-can not Spo-cane.

I drove out to the Rocks of Sharon for a hike. All I could think the whole time is how much Brooke would love this place.

It's true, I would've.

This was quite the hike for a Midwesterner.

There they are, the Rock of Sharon.

I forgot, this was my first visit to Washington outside of SeaTac airport.

Bored and a little hungry, I drove back into the city to the Donut Parade. Decent donut, better ambiance.

I grabbed breakfast and walked around downtown a bit in the morning.

The Steam Plant Hotel ruled. And you get free breakfast at their restaurant Rosie's. Way better than a continental breakfast.

I thought since I was already near Idaho, I'd knock another state off my checklist. I couldn't make it to Coeur D'Alene and the neighboring national forest, so I hiked just across the border at the Upper Fall Loop in Post Falls, Idaho.

Nice hike and hope to explore Idaho more in the future, but I had to drive back to the airport and get home.

Back at home Theo had a bagel and pancakes for breakfast? Spoiled!

Twice a year I go through the kids and my closets. This morning I went through Meadow's clothes. She's changed her style in the last few months so we got rid of a lot.

Scott decided to match his phone today.

Brooke really needs to learn how to take more than one photo.

We stopped by my buddy Nate's picnic for all his real estate clients.

It was a lot cooler near the river. We had to grab our blanket out of the car while we ate.

We tried chatting with folks, but the kids just wanted us to play with them at the playground. Typical Meadow and Theo.

Afterwards we made a quick stop at Target where I saw this cute bocce set. Is this really what bocce ball sets cost?

Have you seen how much curling stones cost? That seems way too cheap.

Theo really wanted this RV lego set. Guess we've really influenced him.

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