The town of Hay, Wash., is easy to miss on a road map. It's a dot connected by a thin ribbon – a two-lane road – to State Route 26. That dot is paradise to Larry and Bev Dodge who have lived in Hay, located in the Palouse wheat lands, for more than 40 years. They own a home with a farm windmill in the back. They step out the front door and are serenaded by crickets. Real estate here is cheap. They bought the defunct Baptist church next door for $100. Religious services are no longer held but Larry keeps the doors open so the town's other nine residents can use it for special events. I met Larry (below) during a brief stop in 2015. He gave me a tour of the church. He talked about the town's landmarks that include a train depot on the hill opposite the old church. Trains would stop here once a week until the rails were removed in the late 1800s.
