I’m taking a break but will re-post some favorite shots while I’m gone. This is the barn at Clark Farm.
Category: Barns
Clark Farm
The Clark Farm, in the distance, has a prominent and very nice looking barn. The Clark family is one of the oldest pioneer families in the area, having settled in 1853. The current elder generation opened a sweet bed and breakfast, Clark’s Chambers B & B while their son raises organic meats and poultry.
Atypical barn
This is not your typical barn. In fact, I’m not sure if it technically is one. It’s part of the Davis Sand and Gravel operation and beyond its roof are conveyor belts and other apparatus you’d find in a quarrying operation. No cows. Just big piles of gravel and such.
Easy pickings
In a place like Sequim you don’t have to look far to find interesting barns. This one is nestled not far from Costco, which means it’s in walking distance from West Washington, our main street.
Nestled in clouds
I love the view from the road where I took this shot. This was during a break between storms when the lower part of the Olympics was shrouded in clouds. Tomorrow I’ll show you another view from nearby.
Note to locals: If you’re curious about the explosions you heard around 1 o’clock today, here’s the story. Three unexploded phosphorus flares from Canadian Navy exercises washed ashore beneath the Dungeness bluffs. The U.S. Army buried and then detonated them.
Location, location, location
The early settlers here may have found the best lands for ranching and farming but they also chose gorgeous locations. The barn faces toward the Olympic Mountains. That is Mount Baker in the background. It and the Cascade Mountains are on the eastern side of Puget Sound and typically not visible on overcast days.
Going backwards
Sometimes I drive myself crazy. And I do it especially — and literally — driving. I see a great shot, then try to figure out if I should stop and take a picture. Then I look for a place to stop. And now, since I’m some distance from the shot, I have to figure out where to turn around. Occasionally the shot is still there by the time I get back.
Monday the sky was full of cloudy drama. The light was great. Then I spent a long time. Driving. Myself. Crazy.
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Message to City Daily Photo bloggers: The photo challenge for February 1st is If you had to leave forever the city from which you usually post, what would you miss most?
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