Picto Diary - 20 June 2016 - Parting of the Ways

Day 13. 20 June 2016. 450 miles. Parting of the ways. Bishop and Galt at Grand Coulee Dam, Columbia River, Eastern Washington. Galt rode south to Touchet, WA. Bishop rode southeast, across Washington's Palouse region, via Lewiston, ID to McCall, ID. 2012 BMW F800GS motorcycle. Galt's experience in Alaska and western Canada central to a fantastic motorcycle trip to Alaska.

Above: Bishop and Galt. Grand Coulee Dam. 20 June 2016.

Parting of the ways. Galt south to Touchet, WA. Bishop southeast, across the Palouse, via Lewiston, ID to McCall, ID.

Galt's experience in Alaska and western Canada central to a fantastic motorcycle trip to Alaska.

Above: Grand Coulee Dam. Grand Coulee, WA. 20 June 2016.

Haines, AK to Prince Rupert, BC ferry ticket still taped to windscreen of 2012 BMW F800 GS motorcycle.

Above: Bishop observes food storage unit. St. John, WA. "The Palouse." 20 June 2016.

The strange people who live here cling to their bibles and guns.

Young woman clerk, alone in the convenience store, left of giant food storage buildings, had no need to receive my credit card before activating the gas pump. "Just pump your gas," she said. "Come in and pay later."

There is an English word, not in current usage, to describe the young girl's strange behavior. TRUST.

Above: Beebee and pellet air rifle sales exhibit in convenience store. St. John, WA "The Palouse." 20 June 2016.

Teaching young children gun usage with these air guns is considered essential to good parenting in St. John. The kids get a real gun at age 12.

Above: . St. John food making machine beyond my 2012 BMW F800GS motorcycle. St. John, WA. "The Palouse." 20 June 2016.

The St. John food makers make our food in machines such as the one pictured.

It is best not to criticize the strange habits (operating on trust and good parenting) of the St. John, Palouse farmers. We don't want to piss these people off, lest they stop providing us with food.

Above: Lawn. St. John "Palouse" , WA. 20 June 2016.

It seems like such a waste of space to have such enormous lawns. The Palouse lawns go on for miles. I would urge the Palouse food makers to not waste so much water by watering their vast lawns. Rather, I would suggest that they xeriscape.

Image taken from the seat of my 2012 BMW F800 GS motorcycle.

Above: Salmon River and US Highway 95 South. 20 miles north of Riggins, ID. 20 June 2016.

Image taken from the seat of my 2012 BMW F800GS motorcycle.