Category: View

March balloon ride

Tuesday morning was flawless. This balloon went breathtakingly high over the Dungeness Valley. Then, for a little while, it was low enough to catch with the Olympic Mountains as a backdrop. And it was gone. Someone had a spectacular ride.

Check out Morning Star Balloon Company if you are interested in details about taking a ride. And click on “comments” above to hear from Larry, the lucky rider.

Spring view

I can’t really complain about winter weather. It’s rained and been windy but hasn’t been so bad lately. And the water content of the snowpack in the mountains increased from 24% of normal at the first of the year to 80% of normal last week. That’s very welcome! What I miss is foliage. And color. I’ve browsed some photos I hadn’t gotten around to posting before and I’ll roll out a few for some brief winter relief.

This is home

Here is one of the views that greets drivers arriving in Sequim from the east. It has an everyday look that doesn’t distinguish it much from other small towns. But, for me, as the road opens out from forest to open prairie it’s a bright welcome home. This view looks north. The Strait of Juan de Fuca is in the far distance. What you don’t see to the south are the stunning Olympic Mountains, which are anything but everyday.

Clark barn

Sunset view of the Clark barn. The Clarks are one of the early pioneer families in Dungeness. Beyond the barn, in the right side of the picture, is a beautiful two story farm house that operates as Clark’s Chambers Bed & Breakfast. We stayed there twice before we moved to Sequim and loved the comfortable hospitality of the Clarks and the incomparable beauty of the setting. Our room was clean, comfortable, and had a spectacular view of the Strait and Mt. Baker. Family style breakfast with Glenda and Bob Clark was a delicious start to the day.