We passed this abandoned farm building today, again traveling HWY 2 across  hundreds of miles of wheat fields among deserts in the Columbian Basin of  Washington. Washington has deserts and it was 104 degrees F in Spokane yesterday.   Near this site a motorcyclist died today.  Going too fast over the rough road, I suppose. We saw the motorcycle being hauled away and the chalk outline of the body and were reminded of how quickly life can be gone.  This is not my photo or Pat's but from the Internet.  Amazing I could find the farm building I wanted to stop and photograph. Although this wasn't the worst stretch of road we have covered, it did have unexpected bumps and very few pull overs or wide enough shoulders to stop and take photos. The landscape is bleak. But farmers were bringing in the wheat today with their big combines and it was just a little bitter and ironic to me. Life and Death.