We decide to celebrate Tax Day with some sightseeing and travel to Charbonneau Park, about an hour north of our home. Our plan was to continue from there on to the west to the McNary National Wildlife Refuge. The first leg of the trip immediately out of Walla Walla took us through the rolling farming territory where we traversed Harvey Shaw Road for about twenty or thirty miles on our way to intersect with main highways leading into our destinations. We were underway by seven a.m. and experienced the almost magical effect of the early morning sun on the minimalist landscape, allowing a splendid opportunity for the quaint exercise of in-motion, on-the-fly “windshield photography”. To give you a sense of the visuals of our drive, one of my favorite captures during our stint over Harvey Shaw Road is this:
Other examples documenting our initial half-hour of travel follow:
P.S. If you are a long-time Windows user, you might see something above that reminds you of this Northern California landscape.
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