In two and a half years of traveling for my work I have never ended up in Spokane. J always said it was a pretty awesome overnight, and especially so in spring when the river is high. What are the odds, then, that we ended up on a Spokane overnight together...in spring?!
We arrived early enough to catch brunch at Madeleine's, a french cafe type place (though not the chain of cafes known as Le Madeleine). After a surprisingly healthy brunch and mimosas we walked a little around Spokane, checked out the pedestrian bridge over the river, and decided it was a great day for a nap.
As it turned out, while we were asleep it rained. We couldn't have had better timing. We set back out for happy hour at the Clinkerdagger before meeting with the rest of our crew for dinner.
That's it in a nutshell, really I just want to share the gorgeous spring pictures!
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| Along the river. |
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| Blossoms |
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| Blossoms galore! |
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| A view upstream. |
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| At the pedestrian bridge. The water was captivating: so strong. |
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| We walked a little further down river, fallowing these gondolas (can you see them through the trees?) that drop down near the falls. |
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| At the same viewpoint as the picture taken above, if you just look downstream, there is a gorgeous view of this bridge within the falls. |
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| Another view of the city. |
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| From one of the funky little shops. |
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| Happy hour! |
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| The clinkerdagger had statues outside. Hilarity ensued. |
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| A simple study in line: butterfly sculpture in the park. |
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| Perfect capture of spring. |
