Day 6, July 12, 2021, north to the Green Bluff area. 95 miles. Today we headed out of town into the northern suburbs and then into the countryside. First stop for us was at the Spokane Fish Hatchery which was to be special opened for our tour. For 25 cents you got a handful of fish food to give to these big guys. Whoosh, gone in the blink of an eye.
The funny thing was, Peder showed up there and was chased out by an employee who said the place was closed. Go figure, one hand doesn't know what the other hand is doing. But we had fun anyway.
Coffee break at a little riverside park on the little Spokane River. These folks just had to walk out into the water.
Our destination for the day was Green Bluff which reminded me of Apple Hill in Placerville. Lots of little farms and fruit stands and the principal crop seems to be cherries, which are ripe for picking right now. We went to the Siemer Farm for lunch. They had lots of things for kids to do, such as a maze and a kingly tower to climb.
Notice the kids up in the tower,,,,,,
Just had to climb up and look at the view,,,,,
Yes, I climbed the tower, guilty as charged,,,,
Lunch for me, pizza and a salad, in the shade of the old oak tree.
After lunch, our mission, find the ice cream! It was at the Cherry Shack
.And what did we have? Ice cream with cherry sauce on top, Wow, good stuff.
Made a few purchases, some cherry jam, and some raspberry/huckleberry jam and a home made carrying bag (for Pat) Then just had to inspect a cherry tree up close and personal, haven't had that pleasure since I was a little kid. Love those cherries. Click on the picture below for a bigger version....
About this time, the temperature was going up fast, so we headed downhill from Green Bluff and hustled back to our hotel. 100 degrees when we got back. Phew, but you know what they say,
"it's a dry heat!" Okay, that's all the news fit to print today.
6 comments:
Sounds like a good day, except for the heat. Enjoying the pictures. Poor Peder. Hope things look up for him......Lucy
I assume those are bing cherries. My all time favorite.
That’s quite a heat wave. Very comfortable here, at noon it will be 72.
Janet
That is beautiful country. The cherries on the ice cream look so good. I'm going to have to buy some later today. Thanks for letting us enjoy your trip.
That was us.
What a great day! Mmm...cherries!! Cherry season here is about 2 months that we can buy them so we purchase many in that short amount of time! So neat to see them actually growing on the trees.
Hannah talked recently about the apricot tree at your place that she remembers! She was only 4 I think last time we were at your place!
Cherries on icecream—delish! Glad you’re doing ok in the heat. We’re packing up to head out tomorrow and are trying to pack for hot weather (hard to do when it was so chilly our heater kicked on today).
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