February 3, 2014: Warmth

Even with temperatures in the high 80's during the day, it gets cold up in the Rockies on those clear nights.  Cold enough that nothing defines warmth better than feeling the sun's first rays after a night of car camping up on the Divide.

February 2, 1970: Remembering Mom

My mom would have been 83 today.  She died just shy of 4 years ago.  I'm sure the Old Man and my sisters have different memories of her, but this is mine;  in a house dress, busily putting home cooked food on our table in our little house in Tacoma. 

February 1, 2014: Bypassed

They lined the two-lanes that brought on the automobile age.  Every little town bisected by a US 10, or 2, or even a 66 had a diner or two.  When "US" was replaced with the single letter "I" the little towns were bypassed, and with them their diners.  A few survived, most were handed the same fate as the Sportsman Diner in Easton, Washington.