Pasco Daily Photo

Deer Chillin in Elgin

2010-02-26T11:04:00.000-08:00

Scenic route to LaGrande---sun shining through the clouds

2010-02-26T10:55:00.000-08:00

LaGrande

2010-01-27T15:48:00.000-08:00

Pictures we took out the window of the Columbia River near the Wallula Gap. Also some pictures of barns in Elgin Oregon, a small town between La Grande and Milton Freewater.

the girls

2009-02-03T10:45:00.000-08:00

heritage tree sculture

2008-03-13T20:20:00.000-07:00

Howard amon park. They are turning a tree into a sculpture of famous people of importance to the area. I see sacajewa up there and kind of right. The strange part is they are carving an eagle into the top of the tree, spread wings and all. I once saw a real eagle in this very tree.

Well its pretty wicked cool so if you want to watch him carve during the day head over there.

plus in kennewich right now, there are archealogists over there with screens and everything. They are going through columbia park and looking for artifacts. Luckily they havent found anything, cause there are some dogs that really want a dog park. One guy said they had found historics there. so I was sad that maybe they wouldnt get their little doggy fun park, but luckily historics is basically a word for kind of old garbage! yay! so basically it means the crap they found was like a 50 year old bottle cap. woopty do! But really, it is really cool to drive through and see them at work. Just hope they dont find anything.

Imperial Buffet

2008-03-10T15:24:00.000-07:00

A tasty buffet for chinese italian and american food. Its mostly chinese food and mostly delicious. If you want to eat something like this food featured below you can find it on road 68 in pasco. I hear lunch has better prices so. . .

Empty Swimming Pool

2008-03-08T20:34:00.000-08:00

Kurtsman Swimming pool in pasco near 20th avenue. Its a really fun spot for the kiddos to go during the summer. Pasco has a lot of little parks instead of just a few big ones. I think they do this so that all of the children can have a place to play, no matter what. That is pretty swell.

They also have a few larger parks like Chiawana Park which lines the Columbia River. It still has one of those spinny things the kids can ride on, you know the ones that a lot of places have banned. I hope no fuddy duddy ever takes it away because it is fun! I will have to get some photos for my faithful readers. Since there are so many!!!

Fancy Dress Shops

2008-03-07T12:51:00.000-08:00

For today and yesterdays post I will put this lovely pair. First pic is of fancy formal dresses in a shop window on 4th ave in pasco, and the second pic is a mural style painting on a neighboring dress shop.

Leather Shop in downtown Pasco

2008-03-05T21:39:00.000-08:00

A place to buy boots and other leather western stuff. Note: the alligator in the bathtub. Anyone know that the title means?

Willy Express

2008-03-04T22:04:00.000-08:00

a fun looking restaurant downtown near the farmers market. specializing in tortas, tacos and burritos.

Pasco Bulldog Mural

2008-03-03T08:53:00.000-08:00

This mural of a dog with a pitchfork appeared sometime during my highschool career. It is painted on the side of a portable classroom, one that is used for agricultural science. I always thought that it was kind of a scary dog, what with the muscley arms and the human legs. I actually took an ag science class in the portable right next door to this wonderful display of artful pride. I thought I was taking that science class because it was the easiest, but it has actually turned out really useful to me lately. The 5 or 6 things I learned over the 2 year course have actually helped me a lot as I start to plan out my garden this year. Cheers to pasco high! hip hip hooray!

Coach Dong Ln

2008-02-29T14:01:00.000-08:00

A road going into Pasco High is called Coach Dong Ln. Coach Dong is the tennis coach at Pasco High and has been since before I went there. He is famous for the phrase "milk shake them" which basically means to hit the other team with the ball, then drink a milkshake.

To the left you can see the tennis courts and in the distance there is the Pasco Les Schwab. Pretty exciting stuff.

Starlite Motel

2008-02-28T13:17:00.000-08:00

Starlite Motel. Located over by the train tracks behind the airport. I have never stayed there, but its been there as long as I can remember. Its just up the street from Irrigation Specialists. We were over there browsing some possible sprinkler options when I decided to take a snap shot.

Lucky Dollar

2008-02-27T11:27:00.000-08:00

Down the street from the courthouse is the Carniceria La Barata. When I was younger it was called the Lucky Dollar. I liked going there because grama would buy us mexican popsicles, and maybe if we were lucky, a box of cocoa puffs, the kind with the monkey on the front.

speaking of taco wagons

2008-02-22T12:34:00.000-08:00

a taco wagon! a pasco specialty!

Franklin County Courthouse

2008-02-17T21:22:00.000-08:00

A jonty photo of the courthouse, as taken our my car window. We wizzed past on saturday afternoon. They renovated the building a couple years ago, rendering it quite fancy. Note the golden eagle shining in its newness and glory. This is where people from pasco and surrounding areas go to get fingerprinted, or take care of tickets. You also go there because of crimes and probably many other reasons. Its a nice looking building and complements the surrounding areas, parks, taco wagons, and bakeries.

Washington Apple Pie

2008-02-11T13:00:00.000-08:00

Apple pie made from local apples.

Home of the Riverhawks!

2008-02-06T20:05:00.000-08:00

Work on the Chiawana High School off Argent and Road 88. Pasco will finally have two high schools. "Chiawana go to Chiawana High School?"

Defrost

2008-02-05T12:50:00.000-08:00

Our little town of pasco is finally starting to defrost. Its still cold though so . . bleh. Hey sis. thanks for reading. You are an inspiration to the world.

Pasco Next Exit

2008-02-04T23:14:00.000-08:00

The Blue Bridge

Snapshop out the window.

Fire and Ice

2008-01-29T23:17:00.000-08:00

It snowed so much this weekend. I found this cute old fire truck blanketed in fresh powder, near the library in Kennewick.

54 candles

2008-01-29T23:12:00.000-08:00

Atleast I think that how many there were. I loose count. Happy Birthday to my dad!

Sauce!

2008-01-25T15:29:00.000-08:00

This sauce was not in really pasco, it was in hermiston, but some of it took a ride to pasco in my belly later that night. Does that count?

Rattle Snake Mountain

2008-01-25T15:21:00.000-08:00

A nice picture taken by my dear mother, this photo shows off one of the northwests best features: Rattlesnake Ridge. This mountain is the tallest treeless mountain in North America. It was formed by a fault line, and is so beautiful at sunset. To the left and down you can see the outline of Hanford, the nuclear power plant. They used to blow stuff up, but now they clean stuff up. go figure.

View From My Window

2007-12-19T19:30:00.000-08:00

This is what I see when I look out my kitchen window early in the morning, If I am lucky enough to make it out to the kitchen at sunrise. The sill is organized into gua's. The cactus is my friendship gua, it was a gift from my bff tarbo. The vase is my love gua because it is an aniversery present from my husband. And over on the right, the little photos are of my adorable nephew, this part of the window represents my family gua.

I learned about gua's from my little sister, who learned about them from a book called "Dorm Room Fung Shui." If you want to see what I mean you can look at this link I found. http://www.amazon.com/Dorm-Room-Feng-Shui-Find/dp/1580175929

It is nice to have a window like this for days like today, when I don't leave the house.

Rainy Day Makes Action Figures Stay Indoors

2007-12-18T20:30:00.000-08:00

While it rained outside, that didn't keep these happy toys from having a party on the windowsill. I saw these happy toys at POSitive software where my husband works. He makes the kind of software that lets you add things to your cart when you shop online. When they aren't working hard they are playing with the bazillions of toys all over the office.

Carnage in the Columbia

2007-12-17T22:17:00.000-08:00

While rock gazing with the family this weekend, we smelled a strange smell. We followed our noses to find about 30 fish, cut in two and dead as doornails on riverbank. It was a sad sight to see. They were big fish, with hooked snouts and pointy teeth. I suppose I should know what kind of fish they are but I really don't. My husband found one fish that was still alive and struggling for breath. It was a sucker fish, over a foot long. He rolled him back into the river and the fish swam away. We are both hoping he is alive and well out there somewhere.