Spokane, WA

On the way home -- the pass on I-90 is closed tonight so we are holing up in Spokane for the night. Had a wonderful dinner at the Davenport Hotel. Opened in 1914 it was closed in 1987 and sat idle until 2000. The place looks gorgeous. The food was really good and prices were quite reasonable. Yesterday, in Butte, the motel had some menus for two nearby steak houses and those prices were a third higher and the one place we checked out didn't look good at all (steak houses do not need an ancillary casino). Butte was a bummer as the mining museum was closed for the season but we had a lot of fun driving around the old town. Looking forward to getting back home tomorrow late afternoon. The weather is really sloppy so I will be taking my time driving back...