Coyote and Dinner With Sean

We went into Spokane this evening to take Son Sean out to dinner. In the several years we have been coming to Ponderosa Falls RV Park, the housing out on this portion of Spokane's West Plains has grown significantly. There have been several hundred homes built out here in the last few years. As we drove by on our way to town, we spotted this large coyote meandering across the field on the edge of one of the developments --

We stopped an watched him for a bit. He seemed totally unfazed by our scrutiny and even watched us for a bit before he continued his walk.

We've not seen deer this trip, although we saw them quite regularly last fall when we were here. We've also not seen the large flock of quail we used to see. The farmer at the end of Ponderosa Falls entrance used to feed the quail up by his house. The property is now for sale and the house is empty. I guess the quail are looking elsewhere for their lunches.

Sean and his friend Carma have been eating occasionally at a Mexican restaurant on the corner of Cedar and 2nd. He thought it was pretty good, so wanted to take us there. The food was not bad at all. I had some very good Carne Asada while Forry stuck to one of the burritos he's been eating lately.

It was nice to see that some work has been done on Sean's apartment complex. It had been for sale, but I understand it is now off the market. The overgrown shrubs along the sides have been torn out and lots of flowers planted. There seems to be work being done on the apartments in the portion next door to Sean's building. I'd really like to see them replace the very worn linoleum in his kitchen. He's said that they've told him it is going to happen...