We had breakfast again in the hotel dining area and assembled in the cars for our caravan. Sally's truck off Glenwood Road awaited us. We headed off and were guided by John Barclay and Rad Drew in the lead car. John kept track of the caravan by staying in contact with the "caboose" car. Sometimes our caravan got split and the front part would wait for the back end to catch up. 

Traveling along the gravel road onto the dirt road made us wonder what the rental car folks would say upon our return. The dust cloud we drove through seemed to all settle on the cars. John called the roads "summer" roads because you could not travel on them in the winter. Rain was due sometime in the morning and we would need to be aware.

Orange Dodge TruckAn old Dodge truck patiently waits for us to get our photographs in the fields of the Palouse.

The orange Dodge truck awaited us in the weeds as John described. We had plenty of room to maneuver around to get our shots. Everyone respected each other and asked before moving in closer so as not be in someone else's picture. The truck showed several signs of bullet holes in the windows and the cab. Hopefully, those were made while the truck was unoccupied.

Flatbed Dodge TruckThe shattered windows with bullet holes make me sad for the old flatbed truck.

Shot ThroughCrazed glass from many bullet wounds.

Rain from the night before became a problem after we left the orange truck. The dirt road started to show mud at along edges. John told the group to wait at an intersection while he went on. He soon warned us not to follow as he was afraid to stop in the worsening conditions. He advised us to turn around and head back the way we came. Several of us had started up the hill John had disappeared over. That was the beginning of the mud fun. Megg backed her jeep down to the intersection and turned her rear wheels toward the downhill side of the tee. Her jeep started to slide into the hillside. So she drove back up to where she started and tried again. After four attempts she got her jeep aimed right and made it back the way we had come. My turn came next and I hoped to get it right. I tried to stay on the high side of the road before backing into the turn. As the Ford Escape contacted the mud, I could feel the wheels spinning and the SUV drifting. No worries, just wait for it to settle on a little bit of dry road. Then shift into forward and slowly apply the gas. Up we went and onto the right pathway to leave. Everyone made it out and John and Drew joined us later down the road.

Small Hours with TreeStanding abandoned and lonely by tall trees the small house deteriorates.	Lonely HouseLonely against a blank sky, the house is now longer useful.
Abandoned House WindowThe weathered window has no glass.	Left over brown bottleA dirty brown bottle emphasizes the disorder inside the abandoned house.

Omar Brown road was the next destination and we were out of the rain showers well before then. A coach lives in a house there and gave us permission to photograph the old car and bus in grassy lot below his house. There was also an abandoned house there and one further afield that slumped down and split apart.

Old Dodge sedanAn old Dodge sedan sits in the weeds.	Old Dodge Sedan B&WAn old Dodge sedan sits in the weeds.
Back View Dodge SedanThe abandoned Dodge sedan sits discarded in the weeds.	Pollen and RustPollen and rust gather on the doors of an old Dodge Sedan.
Out Of ServiceThe old yellow school bus is no longer in use.	Doing The SplitsThe old house exposed its chimney when if finally collapsed.

On Stern road you can find REO Speed Wagon. For most of us in the group R.E.O. Speedwadon brings up memories of an American rock band of the late 60's. Their best-selling album, Hi Infidelity, contained four US Top 40 hits. So we wondered what we would find. It turned out to be an old truck by REO called Speed Wagon. Is that how the band got its name? Yes, Neal Doughty, a founding member, studied an REO Speed Wagon truck in transportation history. We spent time getting pictures of a rusty orange, REO Speed Wagon.

REO Speed WagonREO Speed Wagon was an old truck and the inspiration for the rock group.

No More GloryAn REO Speed Wagon is well past its prime and sits rusting in the field.

We went back to the hotel for some instruction on photography processing from 12:30 - 3:30. And pizza to eat, thankfully, as we were getting hungry. Rad Drew gave us information about apps to use on a smartphone (iPhone for us) that included using Snapseed and Lightroom. Rad is using an iPhone XS Max and doing some great stuff. CJ and I are still using iPhone 6S models and can't do some of the things he demonstrated. Looks like I'll be upgrading soon. John Barclay followed by showing us how to use Lightroom Classic on the computer. He introduced us to some new features especially in the tone curve box. Great, but once again our equipment is behind somehow. Now I have to do software upgrades. Still it is good to know and I appreciated the things both of them showed us.

After a break until 5:00 pm, we went to dinner at Nectar restaurant in Moscow, Idaho. It was a fun place with good food. Then the group headed back to the Webber house for sunset photos. CJ and I were running low on energy and decided to go back to the hotel. One other group decided to go too, so we had a mini caravan.

Weed MovementIntentional Camera Movement shot.