Well, I see it's been about 8 months since I've added any blogs here.  With the whole Covid pandemic thing, we haven't been out and about as much taking photos, as we usually do, so it was finally time to get saddled back up and on the horse for some new adventures and activity.

For this trip we headed up through Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.  Like many of our trips, it wasn't so much about a set destination for a prolonged stay but rather more just putzing around and enjoying the journey.  However, at the distant end of our trip we were wanting to visit an area called the Palouse which is about a 125 square mile area located along the borders of Idaho, Oregon and Washington states.

The Palouse is an area that, at the right times of the year, can be somewhat reminiscent of the Tuscany area of Italy.  In the mid to late spring, the rolling hills of the Palouse are full of color from the different agricultural plantings of different crops contrasted against each other and already harvested or dormant fields in this highly productive farming area of the Northwest.  Unfortunately we were about maybe 3-4 weeks early to view the multiple colors but we did enjoy the rolling hills and the few colors (mostly green and yellow) that we did see.  I'll try to remember to add a photo from Wikipedia or somewhere that shows what it would normally look like when we get closer to that area in this multiple part Photo Story.

One more note about my Title above.  The reason I added the "Miles of Murals" tagline was because for those of you who know how much I / we enjoying scouting out all these towns and cities along the way (on any of our trips) for local art in the form of murals painted on buildings - this trip turned out to be a treasure chest of many, many murals that we enjoyed and documented.

Part 4 of this multiple blog trip finds us in ...

• Rural Oregon and Washington
• Palouse Falls State Park
• The Dahmen Wheel Barn

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April 2022 Road Trip - Part 4Well, I see it's been about 8 months since I've added any blogs here. With the whole Covid pandemic thing, we haven't been out and about as much taking photos, as we usually do, so it was finally time to get saddled back up and on the horse for some new adventures and activity.
For this trip we headed up through Texas, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and Washington. Like many of our trips, it wasn't so much about a set destination for a prolonged stay but rather more just putzing around and enjoying the journey. However, at the distant end of our trip we were wanting to visit an area called the Palouse which is about a 125 square mile area located along the borders of Idaho, Oregon and Washington states.
The Palouse is an area that, at the right times of the year, can be somewhat reminiscent of the Tuscany area of Italy. In the mid to late spring, the rolling hills of the Palouse are full of color from the different agricultural plantings of different crops contrasted against each other and already harvested or dormant fields in this highly productive farming area of the Northwest. Unfortunately we were about maybe 3-4 weeks early to view the multiple colors but we did enjoy the rolling hills and the few colors (mostly green and yellow) that we did see. I'll try to remember to add a photo from Wikipedia or somewhere that shows what it would normally look like when we get closer to that area in this multiple part Photo Story.
One more note about my Title above. The reason I added the "Miles of Murals" tagline was because for those of you who know how much I / we enjoying scouting out all these towns and cities along the way (on any of our trips) for local art in the form of murals painted on buildings - this trip turned out to be a treasure chest of many, many murals that we enjoyed and documented.
Part 4 of this multiple blog trip finds us in ...

• Rural Oregon and Washington
• Palouse Falls State Park
• The Dahmen Wheel Barn