Emptying Summer

They drained the public pool right after Labor Day. No last drops to be shaken from the cup of summer. Hello, Finality. So nice of you to drop by and shut it all down.

But it did happen. Mostly in small towns for me.

 Dusk at the Stardust, Wallace, ID

 Squaw Creek Viewpoint, La Grande, OR

 Dashboard flowers from E. Oregon

 St. Peter's Catholic Church, Echo, OR

Raymond Carver's birthplace, Clatskanie, OR

What summer 2012 tasted like.