- Our birthplace of Davenport, our first hometown of Wilbur, our family in Almira and that fateful day at the Reardan payphone on Christmas Eve.
- Grandma and Grandpa Painter
- IGA trips
- Grandma and Grandpa's willow tree and all the beatings I took from it from my brothers.
- Our red berry tree fights in the yard.
- Wind!! Wind so strong, up to 75 mph....often.
- Getting ready for prom and having my hair blown sideways. :)
- Wheat fields...bright green...rippling in the wind.
- Mt. Adams views whenever we wanted.
- Mt. St. Helens views.
- Mt. Hood views and ski trips together
- The magnificent Columbia Gorge and it's beautiful waterfalls, blue water and verdant green splendor.
- Dust devils in the dry heat.
- Summer forest fires, Smokey the Bear and signs stating the days fire potential.
- Wishram fires.
- Dry heat and cool temperatures in the shade.
- Dressing for 105 degree weather and 40 degree weather, all in one day...
- Pine trees as far as the eye can see.
- Crisp, clean air.
- Jet skiing on the Columbia River.
- Fresh fruit stands.
- Wineries
- King City Chocolate Factory
- Spokane and all our family there.
- Auntie Jeanne
- Sheri and Ghassan's house and all the memories of hospitality there.
- Lebanese/Armenian garlic-filled food!!
- ZaZa and Rima and their servant hearts.
- Screen doors and being able to use them! Feeling the fresh air coming in the windows and hearing the breeze outside.
- Playing and laying in the grass without chiggers.
- Lake Roosevelt and Jones Bay
- Randy and Sandy, Erin and Travis, Samantha and all our dear friends
- Our camper.
- Mom and Dad of course!!
- Clint, Kirstie, Wyatt, Amity and family
- Our family...our roots.
- Lake Chelan
- Lake Couer d'lene, ID
- Mt. Spokane
- The South Hill
- All the different locations and trips I puked on as a child.
- The Columbia River and how it's weaved into most memories throughout the state and throughout the years.
- John Day Dam
- Grand Coulee Dam
- The Wild Horses statue at Vantage Bridge
- Coulee City, Moses Lake, Ephrata
- Uncle Orville, Aunt Kit, Graydon and The Ranch
- Uncle Slim
- David, Judy, Lani and DJ
- Ice skating on the tennis courts in Almira
- Jerry Emerson
- Appaloosa horses
- Leavenworth and Wenatchee
- Your 1968 Chevy Stepside Pick-up
- Remote, rural towns
- Incredibly unique starry nights
- John Day River
- Rock formations along I84
- The heiroglyphics at Horsethief Park.
- Finding crystals in the rocks near Rufus and Biggs.
- All your hometown gigs and barfights you watched from the stage.
- Driving over Biggs Bridge in the wind.
- Now...the windmills...
- Being in WA and seeing hundreds of miles of OR farmland.
- The Goldendale Golf Course
- Combines
- Big trucks, big cowboy hats and cowboy boots...the real cowboys.
- The Demolitian Derby and Mt. Adams views
- Rodeos and the "Ring of Fire"
- Beer Gardens
- Licorice, salt water taffy and Dehart's Brach's candy by the pound
- Icicles
- 602 E. Collins
- Camping in Trout Lake
- Huckleberry picking with cougars and bears and dangerous logs...filling our buckets.
- The pine beetle in my hair.
- Your campfire serenades and guitar playing
- Huckleberry cobbles and muffins by Mom
- Christmas feasts by Mom
- Grandma's chocolate chip cookies
- Trains all over the gorge.
- Wild horses on Highway 97
- Moms tacos!!
- Auntie Jeanne's perfume
- Antique hunting and family treasures
- Community Days Parade
- Dad standing and saluting the Veterans as they go by in the parade...always swell with pride seeing him do that.
- Your Mother's Day swing on the island.
- Rattlesnake hunting
- Classmates and reunions
Thankful for all the memories and the love I still have for my wonderful home state.
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