Last week­end J and I spend a few days “away” in Winthrop WA. It was a nice chance to relax and spend some down time with each oth­er.

Fri­day after­noon was hot and dry when we left Seat­tle. The long route through the moun­tains (up to Hwy 20.)

The canyon below Dia­blo dam was com­plete­ly dry.

Sign van­dal­ism is a pop­u­lar pas­time. This one is a bit more clever than many.

We stayed at the Rio Vista Hotel right in the mid­dle of the kitsch­i­est part of town 😉 It was great.

Sat­ur­day was Hot. We walked around some in the morn­ing tak­ing pic­ture and peep­ing at the lit­tle town.

If you get out ear­ly enough in the day you can see the deer mov­ing around.

We also saw this ear­ly Sat­ur­day morn­ing. It did not fol­low us home. I’m not sure if I’m grate­ful or sad about that.

Yes, it’s also kick-start only, and yes it was priced real­is­ti­cal­ly at $6k. (I can read the phone num­ber in the orig­i­nal pho­to is you real­ly need to know.)

This is just one of the Old West style build­ing on the tourist route.

It was a great week­end and now we’re start­ing on year 20.

The art pho­tos of Dia­blo Dam.

More pics from around town.