The Port Townsend Vineyard’s tasting room in right along the waterfront in downtown PT. Besides a very nice interior space, there is an excellent patio that is enjoyed year round (by those souls brave enough). When the sun comes out in the middle of winter, bundling up around a fire with a nice glass of wine is enjoyed by many.
These two were taken at the same time, just with the top one zoomed in on the ridgeline. The mountains are the northeast corner of the Olympic Mountains as seen from the waterfront in Port Townsend. We had just had a brush with an “atmospheric river” … Port Townsend barely got wet from the rain shadow effect from the Olympics. But the left over moisture in the air is clearly visible in the mist.
I find it interesting how various trees in an area will have such varied timing of color display and leaf drop. Probably some genetic variation …
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.
This shot is taken from the upper trailhead to Mt Ellinor in the SE corner of the Olympic Mountains (but outside of the National Park). Notice the ‘crepuscular’ rays that coming down from the upper clouds. I hadn’t seen such very often.
This image is taken up the valley of the North Fork Skokomish not too far from where the upper image was taken. Although from several thousand feet lower and on a different day.