Man, some days the highway calls and you just gotta listen, and I did, because, as it turned out, even though it's a workday in October, I could.
Quite literally got myself about 100 yards from my office and said "screw it" -- just too sunny and warm out and there was nothing to do today that couldn't wait until tomorrow.
And, as I wrote above, last weekend we'd driven thru some obscure towns north of here and I've been Google.mapping them ever since. I just *had to* scoot up to and thru these little forgotten villages before the snow flies.
And so I did, and after 4.5 hours on the road, and even after 3 hours here at home, I'm still buzzing. I'm only going to post about half of the amazing pics I got out there...the beauty just kept speeding at me and I could. not. stop.
Fueling up on the way out of town and guy in his mid 70s came over to check out the scoot and told me it was "cute" and he'd like to ride one but his balance was shot. I took that as a sign: carpe feckin diem, boy!
One of my former students, who grew up on a farm around here, told me his family still banks out in one of these towns, Farmington, WA -- he failed to tell me the bank is the one and only remaining business. ...the banker came out to chat and snapped a pic of moi and to tell my Vespa was "cute".
The real revelation came in the next town over, Tekoa, WA, after another 10 miles of brand spanking new, high dollar, buttery black top. Relatively thriving in some hidden time warp, pure Shangri La, but the Chevy dealership had morphed into a vintage auto museum slash junk yard. Right smack downtown.
School had just let out as I was snapping pics and an old woman walked by, escorting some kids, and called my scoot "cute".
Hay, hay, my, my....
Farmington WA
Farmington WA
Last business in town...Farmington WA
Last bus to Tekoa WA
Tekoa WA
Tekoa WA
Tekoa WA
Tekoa WA
Tekoa WA
Tekoa WA
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