FUN IN SPOKANE

We had a great visit in Spokane, WA. We went up there to see Rob and Eva and Jeff and Tammy and their kids. I should title this blog"Shooting, Shopping and Eating in Spokane".

I went up there to have Rob's opthamology group check out my eyes as I had a cataract removed there. Rob is a rock star retinal surgeon in his clinic and I was treated royally. They spent two and a half hours checking out the eyes, refracting for new glasses and checking out the retinas. Jeff picked us up at the airport and took us to the clinic. We stopped for lunch and I could not pass up some fresh oysters from Seattle at this Sushi place. The results were the same as in Florida and I guess I am finally done with raw oysters.

I also visited Jeff's office as noted in the sign above. He is developing a practice in pediatric psychiatry which is also a practice in parental psychiatry and it is getting off the ground

Here is Jeff in his office dealing with parents on the phone. He is using my old medical school desk in his office and it is good to see our furniture all over the map being used.

Jeff an Tammy put on one of their feasts with lobster, crab, shrimp and smoked ribs.
I was still recovering so did not eat much. It was so great to see Jeff, Tammy and their cute kids.

The next morning we took everyone to the IHOP for a major invasion. That was good too. Then we went over to Cabals in Idaho for some serious shopping. I think we made three or four trips to Cabala's while we were there. We put a new rifle scope on Rob's Winchester 30-06 and bought some other gear. The kids went to the shooting gallery and Jeff checked out the skiffs and boats.

Here is Rob taking it easy in the over stuffed camo easy chair at Cabala's. He is sporting a Renaissance period beard at the moment.

That night Eva put on an Austrian supper. Her mother is Austrian so there is some genetic tendency to good Austrian cuisine. She made Spaetzele and a meat dish that was great.

She then served up a home made Sachertorte (mit Schlag) which is quite a feat. There must be 20 different steps and it was delicious.

I talked about the history of the Sachertorte designed by a Chef from the Sacher Hotel in Vienna for Metternich. I talked about having Sachertorte at the Mozart Cafe there. I remebered that I had Viennese music on my blackberry so we listened to Anton Karas playing the zither at the Mozasrt Cafe while we enjoyed this treat in Spokane. It was quite a moment.

Saturday, we went to Rob's shooting range and sighted in a couple of rifles and did some pistol shooting. Julius came along and shot the 22. It was almost four hours of fun.

Sunday, we visited Jeff's ward where many seemed to know Eva. I helped teach Jeff's Sunday School lesson and Mom helped Tammy teach her Young Womens Class. Another great combined meal on Sunday and we watched the Winter Olympics.

It was a great time and we hated to leave. Good work Spokane gang.

Love, Opa