I haven't done much that is photographable since I came home from my Road Trip. You know how it is.... unpack, put away, laundry, mail, laundry, restock pill boxes, laundry....! And I have just now gotten around to sorting through the last few days of pictures, deleting and resizing and editing. Here are just a few more from my 3000 miles of driving.
One thing I notice when I get out of southern California is the old cars on the road. I suppose there are a lot around here, but they are mixed in with so many newer cars they seem rare. This vintage Lincoln was cruising down I-5 in Washington State - looks to be in good shape and it was doing 70mph or so. I thought at first the driver was giving me the one-finger-salute, but he was just smoking a cigarette held in his left hand. Smoking, another thing I notice when I am on the road.
There was a huge patch of nettles in a roadside rest, they are so distinctive in their growth pattern they are hard to miss. But I remember having to learn the hard way when I was a child. They sting like the devil when one get them on the skin - especially a bare bottom.
Buttercups.
At another stop there was a field of buttercups, so bright in the sun.
Crossing the mighty Columbia River. Just look at all that water running off to the sea. Sad.
I took my arty dice along for company, they are sparkly and cheerful on a dreary day, but I didn't have many of those. The weather was phenomenal, I don't think I have ever been to the Pacific Northwest before and not seen any rain.
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