We crossed into Washington today with Comet riding shotgun. Headed for Spokane to get dog treats and gas. I saw a dollar tree and decided to get some cheapo reading glasses and canned dog food while Kasey went into Costco for a few things. We chose a spot away from all the stores and took up several spots for parking. While in the dollar store a young woman with 2 small kids was struggling to get through adventures in shopping. Apparently the older one that wasn't in the stroller and was about 3 or 4 had let out a few bad words. WTF comes to mind. She seemed unsure where the youngster heard those words and cautioned to never say them again or penalties would ensure. As she was trying to manage to not get more items in the cart as the older one kept adding items, she seemed to get a head of the additions by placing them out of reach. A constant "don't do this" and "put that back" was the dialogue for a good part of 15 minutes all while I was grateful to not have had to been a part of adventures in shopping. I started to think that she should have brought some duct tape. The toddler was crawling in these little spaces under the checkout counter and a leash came to mind as a handy item. The mother offered bribes of snacks and sugary and colorful items if he would be a good boy. As the tallying came to an end, the woman then had several bags that she had not intended to have. As she loaded the cart, the checker said that she could not take the cart out of the store. The exasperated mother started to figure the options of a stroller and a toddler with 3 bags of groceries. Seeing her predicament, I immediately offered assistance to carry items to her car for her. She assured me that it was fine and she would manage but as I checked out and she was still struggling to get through the door, I offered again and this time she said that it would be nice. As I walked to the car with her, she said that she had not planned on getting so many items but stuff kept getting loaded in the stroller.
After I got back to the motorhome, I waited for Kasey.
Off we went to St. Regis MT for the famous souvenir store. The place with live fish in tanks. All kinds of things in the store including butt wipes. It is fun and Kasey bought a couple of Huckleberry shakes because one was not enough for him.
The drive to Swan Lake was scenic and our destination was Jean Walker's house, Julie's mom.
An absolutely wonderful house along swan lake with a delightful view. We had a wonderful dinner filled with conversation. We had never had paeia before.
We retired for the night filled with stories of previously visiting grizzly bears. No long walk for Tad tonight.
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