Three Beautiful Things 08/19/2011: My Visit Ends, West Kettle Falls Railroad Bridge, Snoose Run

1.  I enjoyed my stay with IEG and JEJ so much that it was difficult to leave.  We relaxed, enjoyed the beauty of our surroundings, enjoyed telling stories and talking about all kinds of things, ate good food, and relished the joy and pleasure of family life.  Once again, here is a picture of the guest house where I stayed.  The generous vegetation surrounding it, its simplicity in design, and the comfort it gave me at night are all emblematic of what makes visiting my sister and her husband, dogs, cats, and home such a pleasure.

 

2.  Someday, preferably in October, when the light is golden, I would love to spend a week or two in northeastern Washington taking photographs, especially of structures that point to a robust past, but speak to a declining present.  For example, before arriving from the west to Kettle Falls, two bridges cross Lake Roosevelt, parallel to each other.  A fair amount of traffic crosses the highway bridge, but the train bridge is not very busy at all.  It, like so many similar bridges in the Inland Empire, is a structure I love, more solid than the economy it was built and support and dignified, staid.

3.  Ed will be working for a couple of months, starting next week, on a job in Orofino.  This evening, he needed to drive down to the Fighting Creek Smoke Shop to purchase a couple rolls of snoose.  So, we drove down, with a stop at Jack in the Box for some supper -- and, as long as we were in the neighborhood, we went down to the Coeur d'Alene Casino.  My luck was miserable, but the trip was fun, especially jawing with Ed about life and its many challenges.