Highway oasis
Patricia Hulett smiles in the corner of Java Bloom, the coffee, floral and antique shop she owns with her husband Bill in Washtucna.
JOEL MARTIN/COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD
Java Bloom stocks some basic groceries and supplies for local folks in Washtucna as well as needs for travelers.
Java Bloom offers a variety of antiques and glassware, a result of owner Patricia Hulett’s passion for history and genealogy.
Mixed in with the coolers and freezers at Java Bloom are tables and shelves of antiques and fine glassware.
Bill, left, and Patricia Hulett chat with a customer after handing her coffee order to her at Java Bloom in December.
On display at Java Bloom are memory boxes with heirlooms and artifacts from about a century and a half of Patricia Hulett’s family history
WASHTUCNA – For a lot of SR 26, there’s not a lot to see. One wheat field follows another as the interminable miles blur together. Then you dip into a small coulee and there before you, at the edge of Washtucna, is Java Bloom.
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