The day started slowly by taking care of some housekeeping, a nice long shower and breakfast, but it would become an exciting and long day.
At 11AM our friend Jojo came and picked us up in her battle hardened Ford Expedition used for photography missions on rougher roads. First stop, however, was a civilized lunch at a very nice restaurant at a beautiful artificial lake designed by her brother. We followed Jojo in the Roadtrek to Pullman where we parked at Walmart. The four of us then piled into Jojo’s non-airconditioned SUV and with open windows and fresh country air explored the less accessible parts of Palouse. The roads often have no signs and choosing the ones that looked more travelled and had power lines wasn’t always the correct course of action. This led to exciting 3-point turns on very narrow dirt roads. The landscape was gorgeous with rolling hills, charming red barns and bountiful wheat fields. Harvest season became real by seeing huge combines working the fields and leaving long trails of dust in their wake. Needless to say, we drank lots of water and had lots of fun, stopping abruptly whenever a picture perfect scene presented itself.
The day ended with a gorgeous highlight – a trip to Steptoe butte where we had a bird’s eye view of the landscape we had photographed all day. We ended this wonderful photographic day with a picnic dinner in the waning light with a refreshing cool breeze.
