This is the Kestner Homestead in the Olympic National Park. The homestead is vacant … the National Park allowed the Kestner’s to remain as long as they wanted … but they were unable to sell the property to anyone except the National Park. In the front yard was this John Deere No. 1.
This lovely log cabin is somewhere in Utah, I think. My notes are incomplete at this point. I remember that there were stories about it being associated with the Hole-in-the-Wall gang (think Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid) … but that was in Wyoming, and not close to our route. It had a wonderful meadow area too (see below). I’m also impressed with the number of windows. Makes me think it more likely to be a 20th century construction job, though.
I like the multiple layers in this image: the fields, the trees, the slight hint of a pond, the Olympics in the distance and a few clouds in the sky.
These clouds attracted my attention … I could tell they would add a lot of interest to a photo of this farmland, while not providing any significant chance of rainfall. A good combination. This is at about the 6.5 mile point of the Larry Scott Trail south of Port Townsend, WA.
Just a little random humor here.
Well, sorta. I just recently noticed that I have just passed the 1,000 mark of posts. The number is a little soft, since I built a website with blog posts instead of pages (a rookie mistake). But I started blogging on a regular basis in April 2018. When I began, I was trying to post every day … but it soon became too much of a chore and not just the pleasure of sharing my photos that I was intending. So I switched over to posting every other day and have been happy with that decision (most of the time). It still becomes a chore once in a while.
Thanks to all who have encouraged me over the years. Your enjoyment of the posts is what I shoot for.