This BMW reminded me of how rarely automobiles in the United States display customized paint schemes. The only time I can remember when this has been a mass-market phenomenon was during the surfer van boomlet […]
(EXPANDED FROM 11/20/2020) The National Park Service is renovating the Kestner homestead near Lake Quinault. However, one item is being left to nature’s whims — a circa 1941-46 Chevrolet panel truck once used in a […]
Since I began visiting Lake Quinault in the mid-1980s, I have noticed this 1953 Chevrolet sitting in a garage. The garage’s door has always been open and the Chevy has not appeared to have been […]
(EXPANDED FROM 10/16/2020) Head out of Raymond, Washington on Route 6 (Wikipedia, 2020) and you cannot miss seeing an unusual assortment of old cars parked in front of the Rat Kool Garage & Customs. Among […]
The Arctic storm decimating much of the United States has thus far had a more limited impact in western Washington, which is my neck of the woods. Even so, we have still had unusually harsh […]
You could speculate that there are more cows than people in southwest Washington. But when I recently spent a few days there I didn’t see many cows. Just decaying old barns and grain silos. And […]
Without trucks, how could our young people enjoy giant unicorn flotation devices? This family was camping near Lake Quinault in the Olympic National Park (Wikipedia, 2020). RE:SOURCES Wikipedia; 2020. “Lake Quinault.” Page last edited Sept. […]
This readerboard’s slogan gave me pause. I can imagine a teenager justifying risky behavior with a lighter by pointing to this sign. That said, the slogan did get my attention — which is more than […]
A circa 2005 Ford GT made a rare appearance in the decidedly middle-class suburb of Olympia, Washington. In a moment the car would head for a freeway onramp. From the rear, the GT’s most noteworthy […]
The interchange between U.S. Highway 101 and Interstate 5 running north is an asphalt monument to automotive freedom. This river of highway descends from the elite cliffs of Olympia, Washington’s westside into its more plebeian […]
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