fond farewell! We left Anacortes and headed East... our first stop was Spokane, Washington. As a junior flight attendant I had flown to Spokane and had many layovers, however we usually arrived at night and left early in the morning so did not see much of the city. John and I toured the downtown area.
Spokane is located on the Spokane River in Eastern Washington, 110 miles south of the Canadian border, approximately 20 miles from the Washington-Idaho border, and 271 miles east of Seattle.
The city of Spokane (then known as "Spokan Falls") was settled in 1871. The city's name is drawn from the Native American tribe known as the Spokane, which means"Children of the Sun" in Salish. Completion of the Northwest Pacific Railway in 1881 brought major settlement to the Spokane area. The city of Spokan Falls (the "e" was added in 1883 and "Falls" dropped in 1891) was officially incorporated as a city of about 1,000 residents in 1881.It is the second largest city in Washington.
Spokane hosted the firsts environmentally themed World's Fair in Expo '74, becoming the smallest city yet to host a World's Fair. Expo '74 also had the distinction of being the first American fair after World War II to be attended by the Soviet Union. This event transformed Spokane's downtown removing a century of railroad industry that built the city and reinvented the urban core. After Expo '74 the fairgrounds became the 100-acre Riverfront Park. The park has views of the Spokane Falls that runs through the center of town and the park.
John and I had lunch at Anthony's over looking the falls. Such a beautiful day and view!
That is all for now.
Love, Candy and John
