{"id":3163,"date":"2019-06-20T21:20:17","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T01:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?page_id=3163"},"modified":"2019-09-25T17:45:15","modified_gmt":"2019-09-25T21:45:15","slug":"july-2019-leg-3-cruise-the-snake-river","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/shearwater-sailing.com\/index.php\/july-2019-leg-3-cruise-the-snake-river\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2019: Leg 3, Cruise the Snake and Columbia River"},"content":{"rendered":"

[NOTE: You can click on any photo to see it enlarged.]<\/h3>\n

July 16-19, 2019: Enjoying Spokane<\/h2>\n

On the previous leg of our journey, Joan had flown home and Stu had driven our rig to Portland OR where he stored Winnie for a month and flew home to Delray Beach to rejoin Joan. Winnie waited patiently in Portland where the cruise was to deliver us.<\/p>\n

We flew to Spokane, the starting point of our cruise, arriving very late after a cross country trip and a three-hour time change. There are a few Davenport hotels in Spokane – at least three, all named Davenport. Our Uber driver finally settled in on the one that had our reservation. We enjoyed three days in beautiful Spokane before the cruise began.<\/p>\n

As we waited in line to check in, three people went by to catch a shuttle to another hotel because the Historic Davenport Hotel was oversold. We were pleasantly surprised when the desk both had a room for us. They also had a one-night reservation for Sheila and Bob.\u00a0 We were very hopeful.<\/p>\n

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The HIstoric Davenport Hotel, built in 1914<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The hotel is a lovely, very old, fully restored building. Several places to sit, lots of things to buy, and extensive antique decoration.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The first full day we took a walking tour of the city. The Review<\/em> was a major force in the early city before its merger with the Sportsman<\/em> to become the Sportsman-Review<\/em>. The early architecture of the city was dominated by the Review Tower and later the complex of buildings that produces the newspaper.<\/p>\n

Newspapers, churches and Government Buildings usually mold the architecture of a city. Spokane was especially fortunate by having early water projects, including flour mills and electric generation become the center of a growing city.<\/p>\n

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Riverfront Park along the Spokane River<\/h2>\n

Just a few blocks from our hotel was the Spokane River, with the Riverfront Park on its bank. The river is known for its waterfalls, the second longest urban falls in the US. The SkyRide Over the Falls is available at the Park to view the Spokane Falls from up in the air. It’s a 15-minute round-trip ride with a 200-foot gradual drop as it approaches the falls.<\/p>\n