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.
A couple of valley views. Number 1 is farmland off the Larry Scott Trail. Number 2 is looking southwest across the Chinese Gardens (there’s no gardens there anymore … refers to their historic location) in Fort Worden State Park.
This is a view along the Larry Scott Trail south of Port Townsend, WA with new mown hay drying in the sun.
Hay Hay Hey Hey is taken with my “new” Yashika Mat 124G. I had a 124G but it was stolen out of my truck back in May of 1987. I just got around to replacing it (used, of course) and this was the test roll.
It looks okay to me … Sure shows the Tri-X grain in the sky.
The Larry Scott Trail runs from the marina in Port Townsend down into the country south of town. Part of the way, it follows an old railway bed. Unfortunately, it dead ends still … but the long range plan is to connect it up to the Discovery Trail and then link it over to the Pacific beaches. That would make a very long, beautiful bike ride. I hope the plan is successful …
Here the Larry Scott Trail (on the right) parallels a driveway.
I was driving from Susanville, CA to Klamath Falls, OR and saw this abandoned homestead off the roadway. I’m not sure if the tree is still alive, since it was early in the spring and a fairly high elevation. It is still an active cattle ranch. Hopefully, the family that homesteaded was able to continue ownership.