In July 2019, as Donna was wandering the wilderness of California’s Sierra Nevada (backpacking and painting new books), I wandered the roads of America’s west,. I drove alone, taking the truck and caravan from Denver to Moscow, Idaho, in preparation for our fall trip through the Pacific Northwest, which is to begin in the first of October with a reception for a show of our work at the University of Idaho’s Special Collections Library. https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections/
What did I learn on the trip?
That there are lots of people, everywhere across the country, who love books, and there are lots of books everywhere across the country…..
Ray Tomasso's house
Ken Sanders Book Shop
That there are lots of incredibly interesting artists, everywhere across the country.... Like print and papermaker Susan Mackin Dolan, who lives near Vail, Colorado.
Susan's laser cut block, and wood block print on her handmade paper
Like graphic and installation artist Bob Bissland, who I stayed with near Logan, Utah.
Like Jim Croft who puts on the Traditional Old Ways Workshop in Santa, Idaho.
That it is a long drive from Denver to Moscow (not the one in Russia.)
And that the drive from Denver to Provo Utah is probably one of the most beautiful drives in the country, but I would have to be an Ansel Adams to be able to capture that beauty in a photograph.
And by the way, we will be traveling through the Pacific Northwest in October 2019, with stops in Moscow from Oct 6-10, in Seattle Oct 11-15, in Olympia Oct 16, in Portland Oct 17-18, in Eugene Oct 19-23, and in Arcata Oct 26-7. We will be back in Santa Cruz in time for Halloween.
The caravan, tucked away for a few months in Potlatch, Idaho, until we return in the fall.