Month: August 2015

Day 7

Day 7: John dries a lot of food from his garden in a solar drier he built at his homestead in the Okanogan Valley. Gardening has to be done carefully since rattlesnakes come down out of the rocks into the garden starting in late spring, likely for water. The snakes came a month earlier this …

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John

Day 7: John Goss at his homestead in the Okanogan Valley of central Washington State. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad

Earthtube made

Day 7: John Goss inside the home he built using earthtube construction. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad

John’s house

The home John Goss built for his mother in the Okanogan Valley of Washington State. Wildfire has burned through here twice in the past, once over the home itself. The earth tube construction, using the earth on site, some cement and bags, provides a relatively fire safe home. #photodiary #ontheroad

Portrait

Day 7: Meet John Goss. He’s good people living life the way he wants at the end of the road, his dome houses backed up against the cliffs, like a scene out of Star Wars. More later, hoofin’ it to Wenatchee to deliver a motorcycle to the repair shop by 5:30. Live Allman Brothers cranked …

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Undisclosed location

Day 7: At an undisclosed location – In a very small town in the middle of nowhere, in a housing development perched on a hill overlooking the valley, and in a nondescript garage next to his home, Sean rebuilds and restores classic sportscars – mostly British roadsters – for clients of means. This is the …

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The new tribal casino

Day 7: An empty and smoky parking lot at the new tribal casino. Heading out and down the road today. No idea where I’ll end up or stay tonight. Somewhere along the Columbia River is likely. Rolling the dice. @itomhyde for @burndiary #ontheroad

Smoke break

Day 6. Jeremy Moberg, owner of CannaSol Farms, takes a smoke break just outside his fenced cannabis farm near Okanogan, WA. The cultivation, sale and consumption of marijuana for recreational use is now legal and heavily regulated in Washington State. CannaSol is one of the top 10 producers in the state. That nearly came to …

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In the cannabis warehouse

Day 6: In the cannabis warehouse – The friend I’m staying with here in Okanogan set me up for a tour of a legal, state licensed marijuana growing operation. Weed is now legal for recreational use in Washington State and the dry, sunny climate in the Okanogan valley works as well for outdoor cannabis cultivation …

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Cemetery

Day 6. Wildfire ran through the old cemetery at St. Mary’s Mission burning grass and sagebrush. Colville Indian Reservation. Near Omak, WA. @itomhyde for @burndiary #photodiary #ontheroad #colville #cemetery #omak