Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
We first saw this barn from behind, this perspective. The look of stripes caught my eye.
The “stripes” are strips of wood that have been applied. It may not have the look of a new barn but someone’s using and maintaining this one. That’s nice to see.
I’ve posted this barn before but it’s been a while. It’s such a classic it bears repeating. I love the lines of its roof and that silo in the back.
This is a view I always like.
A nice view with Bell Hill in the background.
I’ve regularly seen the fields on the other side of this barn as I’ve passed on Old Olympic Highway. Cattle graze here. But the buildings are hard to see from a passing car so I took a short drive down a nearby road.
The operation is called “Rubberneck Ranch.” The sign explains: “Where our business is everyones.”
One of the pleasures of driving down an unfamiliar road is unexpectedly coming across the odd barn here and there. Our agricultural heritage is never far away.
I’ve shown the Clark barn, above, before but always at a distance. Here it is, up close and enormous. The Clark Farm is the oldest continuously operated family farm in the state of Washington, originally settled in 1853.
Not far from the barn is Clark’s Chambers Bed and Breakfast, located in the updated old family house. Four bedrooms on the second floor offer beautiful views of the Olympic Mountains, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and Mt. Baker and the Cascades. We enjoyed staying here a couple of times before we permanently moved to Sequim.