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Agua, como vida
... off many of the countries assets to international and multinational corporations, water included.
It seems that recently we in the US, comfortable and wealthy, we have forgotten the troubles of the world. I think this is a perfect example of that, given that the corporation that bought the water rights, Aguas de Tunari, is a division of Bechtel.
"Although a major American corporation was at the center of the conflict, not a single U.S. newspaper ...
Day 38. Idaho to... Washington!
... Idaho was fine, Oregon was rainy, and then started to get windy. The east part of Oregon was also a bit tough, because a couple of the towns apparently were hit pretty hard by the downturn of the economy, and (not to be selfish here, but) were devoid of gas stations... I was getting pretty nervous, one mountain pass after another. Made it though, thanks to Norton, Oregon!
Anyway, once we got to Washington, the wind ...
A Living Ghost Town - Liberty, Washington
... local pioneers in the Liberty area, since the design is found no where else. This arrastra was finished in 1976, patterned after one on a claim near the town, that was later destroyed by vandals. Other arrastras fell victim to weather and time."
A man on a 4 wheeler saw me taking pictures of the arrastra and came and
told me it's history and invited us to check out ...
Pinnacles, Pool, and Play
... the fridge, everything was frozen, except the beers of course. So we turned down the thermostat, left the stuff out to thaw and walked into town. We went to the Munchen Haus for lunch. We had to get in a line to get menus and to tell a waitress what we wanted. She wrote it down on a slip of paper. Then we stood in line to pay and get a pager for when our order was ready. Erin went to find a table while we stayed in line ...
Up, Up, Up and Down Down Down
... gravity but going down steeply is just as difficult. I was really glad to get back to the car at 6:00.
We went straight to the Howard Johnson’s and checked in. We got a big room with two twin beds, a sofa, fridge and microwave. We were all starving. So we cleaned up a little, changed clothes and headed into town, walking again. We walked onto Front Street to find Andreas Keller Restaurant. ...