November 24th, 2003

Posted on 23rd @ 6:53pm @ Melanies house in Federal Way

So Melanie and I just got back to her place after being in Cheney all week. Hrmmm let me see…. Friday night we went into Spokane again – had a look round a big mall there. One thing ive noticed about american malls is that they have a LOT of clothes shops. Anyway – it was ok, we wewnt to a really cool bookshop and puzzle shop as well. After that we went to Red Robin for tea. Food was excellent and i got a little bowl of free icecream cause it was my birthday.
American food places are pretty cool, most of them have unlimited refils of softdrink, and some have bottomless fries which is cool as well. You get so full – sometimes it hurts.

It was sooooo cold. Below freezing with snow / ice everywhere.

When we got home, Scott (the fella that owns the place we where staying at) and Heidi where at the house. They had both driven there that arvo. We all had a bit of a chat and then slept.

Saturday (yesterday) we got up and went for a drive again. This time we went to the next state – Idaho. It was about 20mins drive past Spokane. There wasnt that much there really. Went to this bay type thing near the water – took some pictures and video then left. Too cold to stay outside for too long.

One the way back we stopped off at a factory outlet mall type thing. Found an excellent bookshop with rerally cheap books! Picked up the ‘Learning Cocoa’ and ‘Learning Carbon’ books from oreilly for about $30 AUD TOTAL!, retail they sell for about $50 AUD EACH! BARGAIN!

Drove back to spokane and stopped in at franks diner. Its a small diner place that is built inside an old railway carriage – very neat little place. The food was great too. American servings of food are SOOOO big!

After that we went back to Scotts place and watched a dvd then went for a drive to get food. Went back to the mexican restuarant that we had gone earlier with the people from the uni. Food was good once again. Scott is really funny. One the way back home we stopped off to grab an icicle to eat – i had tried one earlier off a car that was bad (silly me), anyway this new one was HUGE and it tasted alright.

Got home and had a shower. Melanie went to bed and i went downstairs to watch a dvd with Scott. He showed me a few of his guns. Its legal over here for people to have guns. We then started watching a movie but Scott fell asleep and i was a bit sleepy too so i went to bed.

Woke up this morning and packed up the stuff. Ended up leaving at around 11am. Drive was good. It doesnt seem that long over here to drive. I guess becuase most of the it on the freeway with the speed limit set at 75 miles per hour. Plus there is no Kangaroos to worry about

Stopped of at another factory outlet mall on the way and i scored myself a new pair of shoes! The Nike factory outlet store was amazing. Shoes where cheap!. I ended up paying around $50 AUD for a pair of Nike cross trainers. Probably cost anywhere from $80 – $100 AUD back home… another bargain!

Left there and headed back to Melanies place. Thats about it.

The week down at Cheney was great!. Had a look around at lots of stuff, got to play in snow! So may things.

Ive got some more pictures to put up here. Probably do that later tonight or tomorrow.