Saturday Slight

We visited some icons yesterday while traveling to Spokane to pick up Annie from the airport.

This morning, another icon made the New York Times newsletter. 

Schweitzer Ski Resort, below, was photographed by New York Times photographer Ruth Fremson. 

Fremson caught the story of Schweitzer in a magical image.  The skiing, the magnificent Lake Pend Oreille below. 

A great photo of a great place. 

The black diamond White Lightning run at Schweitzer in Sandpoint, Idaho. 

                                  Ruth Fremson/The New York Times

 

Bill usually does a solo drive to the airport for Annie's comings and goings, but since she was arriving shortly after noon, I thought it would be fun for all of us to visit the historic Davenport Hotel, a genuine Spokane icon. 

The beautiful hotel, with its elegance and sophistication, is historic to our family because my grandmother lived there for a time way back when.

Plus, it's a beautiful tradition to take in the gorgeous Christmas decorations and the downtown holiday atmosphere. 

Unfortunately, the auctioned trees with all their goodies were gone, but we still enjoyed an inspiring trip walking through the lobby and around the second-floor balcony with its silver trees and numerous historical displays.

We had taken the dogs with us on the trip.  Annie suggested we take them with us, and we should have done so.  

When a very friendly and knowledgeable security guard told us that the Davenport is dog friendly, we regretted leaving them in the car.

The guard, who is passionate about the place, also showed us a few points of interest in the hotel's rich story. 

Later, we honored Annie's request to have lunch at the other Spokane icon,  DICKS Hamburgers. 

It was a festive place with a few staff members dressed in their Christmas best holiday themes.

Bill had his fish and chips, Annie, her Whammy and I, my chicken sandwich. All satisfied our lunchtime palates, as the food always does at DICKS.

Same was true at Sweet Lou's where we enjoyed dinner with my sisters and Willie and Debbie. 

Twas a nice and incident-free Dec. 20, 2024, and the day was good to us. 

Today is Game Day for the Sandpoint High girls basketball team and for the ZAGS.  

Hoping for two Bulldog wins today. 

At 6 p.m. the Gonzaga men's team takes on Bucknell in the Kennel.  

GO, ZAGS!!!

The game will be televised on KHQ-Channel 6. 

We'll be missing part of that game because we'll be heading to Les Rogers Gym to watch Willie's girls take on University High School from Spokane. 

Tip-off for what's been touted as Ugly Sweater Day for fans is at 7 p.m. 

GO, Bulldogs!

Happy Saturday.