An american flag

Took a picture of this flag at the Memorial Cemetary in Kennewick.

Deer Chillin in Elgin

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

LaGrande

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

heritage tree sculture

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

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

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

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

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

Willy Express

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

Pasco Bulldog Mural

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

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

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

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

a taco wagon! a pasco specialty!

Franklin County Courthouse

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

Apple pie made from local apples.

Home of the Riverhawks!

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

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.