Fairfield Inn And Suites By Marriott Yakima

... so I'll have to get over it.

Last night we hit up the local Elkhorn Tavern in Weippe with Shaner and his parents. We played free pool and drank endless amounts of beer and clam. Shoot Dang it was fun. Eventually we went home after ringing up a $70 tab in 2 dollar beers. FAIL. Then we went home and conintued to poison ourselves around the kitchen table to ...

... take them. Life goes by so fast when you're an adult. There never seems to be enough time for the details. I feel like in order to get the niceties covered I need to figuratively swerve onto the side road abruptly, take a few minutes, do the deed, put the card, letter, present whatever where I won't be able to lose it and head on back! It's crazy.

... closing, so they invited us to dry camp on their lot for the night. This worked out perfectly. The lot was big and we parked next to a large grassy area with trees. They took our coach at 7:30 am, changed the filter, and had us on our way by 8:15 am. You should have seen the amount of dirt in the air filter. It was an accumulation of all those gravel roads in British Columbia, the Yukon, and Alaska.

... like Lola...she's wonderful!

3. GPS's can be wrong especially George....said with a spanish accent.....even if you're nice to them and say good night everytime you turn him off.

4. If you're about to run out of gas and you're going downhill in Idaho...you may want to run in and out as Mr. Personality who runs the gas station sort of looks like he's sizing you up to take your kidney!

5. If you're going to drive across the country ...

... a few things. He brought back salads and flat bread pizza from Morelli's Cafe Italiano, one of the local college hangouts (Central Washington University), then set up the slingbox and we watched The Closer. It made for a short and relaxing travel day.

Bone-dry Shelah Creek
Wends its way to colder climes
Trailing dust devils


Title Language: English

Yakima Rotary Club members are making final preparations for their Rotary International Trip to Morelia Mexico. This group includes: Noel Moxley, James DeGrasse, Jim & Sally Fitch, Patty Dion, Mal Arnett, Russ Mazzola, Scott Mazzola, John Baule, Carole Folsom-Hill, and Deborah Ann

... what I do know is that Sam was instrumental in helping us prepare for the Yakima Valley and it turns out is instrumental in the area of public relations, tourism, small businesses, and the news in Toppenish, a small town in the valley. Sam and I began corresponding prior to this trip. I obtained his email from the Yakima Valley Visitor ...

... you never see a town boast that it is "Home of two 1992 National SAT Merit Finalists" or something similar. I think this says something about our sense of values. I believe the impression that excellence in sports is something to take pride in, while academic excellence is not worthy of note comes across to our young people. No wonder they don't do as well as they could in the classroom.

... the faces of cliffs. I think they were cliff swallows. They resembled bats swarming and, like bats, probably were feeding upon flying insects. The little town of Orafino was first settled during the gold rush days. Later it adopted the bawdy culture of early lumber camps. Today it bears very little resemblance to either. It's just a small rural town in Idaho catering to the needs of fishermen and campers. I stopped for a while in Kamiah ...

... trees become fewer, shorter and mis-shapen. You may find a 100 year old tree only three feet tall. Climb high enough and you reach the timberline, beyond which trees do not grow. In their stead grow vivid displays of wildflowers. The very marked difference between Hirricane Ridge and Hoh Rain Forest is somewhat equivalent to moving from the Swiss ALPS TO A tropical jungle, and within a distance of no more than 15 air miles. The area has been environmentally ...