This old truck is resting up after a life of hard work on the Kestner Homestead, now in the Quinault Rainforest area of the Olympic National Park.
Old Truck
Sun and Ferry Terminal
This is the Coupeville Ferry Terminal and I was catching the ferry on my way home to Port Townsend, WA. I take photos of crepuscular rays whenever I get a chance … this one has an interesting difference between the left and right sides.
Boat Trailers for Sale
These used trailers made a nice study of lines and shapes.
This is another image that was taken with a roll of film where I thought I had used color and it was B&W. I tried to return and reshoot with a digital camera, but they were moved around and it wasn’t as visually interesting. This is next to the Port Hudson Marina in Port Townsend.
Bridges: Open or Closed?
One of the facts of life living on the north half of the Olympic Peninsula is that access to and from major population centers (think shopping and medical appointments) relies on crossing the Hood Canal bridge. In the case of Navy vessels (both submarines and support ships going to/from the Bangor Naval Base (think Trident Nuclear Submarines). Depending on the time of day, the delay can be easily close to an hour. And longer delays are possible during stormy weather, when the bridge is opened to minimize the strain of water being pushed against the span. Then the roadway is closed until the weather moderates.
But my question is: when do you call the bridge “open” and when do you call it “closed”? To me, when the bridge is open, the roadway is closed. But I’ve had conversations with people who say the bridge is closed … meaning that it is open for highway traffic … and other conversations where “the bridge is open”, meaning that it is open for highway traffic. Having grown up in Seattle, with its numerous draw bridges, I’m used to the perspective that when a bridge is open, it is open for boat traffic.
Are you mixed up yet?
Never Shoot into the Sun
Certain times of the year you can get shots of the sun setting directly at the end of Water Street (‘main street’ Port Townsend). You aren’t supposed to shoot into the sun, because you get those lens flares and such (the big circle in the lower center). Don’t follow rules and you get better photos (sometimes).