[travel|conventions] How come "minestrone" doesn't rhyme with "rhinestone"?

13 hours from Portland to Missoula. That's with frequent stops for photography, micturation, caffeine, random woods visiting and a leisurely lunch in Clarkston, WA. The car was alternately raucous and napping. tillyjane, danjite, khaybee and lasirenadolce all in one place at one time with me makes for a bit of a travelling circus.

I'll throw more details and bons mots on tomorrow, but for now I leave you with this picture of Russian Creek on the east side of Lolo Pass in southwestern Montana.