We stayed a couple of days at my brothers home in Merlin, Oregon. He as 7 acres of land that is just amazing. A small herd of deer live on the property year round, wild turkeys and a fox. The top photo is the view from his porch. So peaceful. The temperature while we were there was a little on the hot side; 97 and 105. Thankfully his house has air conditioning throughout.
We left Port Townsend and headed south on Highway 101, making our way to a family cabin just south of Brinnon, Washington, along Hood Canal. Above are two images of Hood Canal and one of our son, Ian, cleaning off the roof of he cabin. I usually have the roof duty, but this Spring I didn’t make it up for cleaning, etc. The cabin is surrounded by tall evergreens.
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While we waited for the shuttle bus to take us back to the park and ride, we got to enjoy this waterfront view.
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Just a couple more images of Lake Crescent. Multilayered cloud formations were fun to watch as they pass over the lake.
Our grandson, Elliott, having a little fun with me :-).
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Probably one of the coolest phenomenon at Lake Crescent was these low clouds that drifted in over the lake. There’s probably a simple explanation for this weather effect, but for me it seems a bit mysterious.
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This pond was adjacent to the camping area where we stayed.
The cloud formation came through one morning. It looked menacing, but was harmless. Being close to the Pacific Ocean the weather can change rapidly. Fortunately, this year, we had a rainless week with mostly scattered clouds and sun. In years past the weather did not cooperate.
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The night before the eclipse there were some clouds hanging about. The sky turned this color, sort of a prelude to the celestial magic that was to occur the following morning.
Note: It took me about a dozen attempts to capture the actual color of the sky/clouds. My daughter is my witness as she was standing next to me asking: ‘Did you get it”? The pressure was on as the light was fading, to find the right camera setting.
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Over the Cascade Range and into Wenatchee, WA. Headed towards Benton City, our first stop on the way to Weiser, ID. A longtime friend of our son in law has a ‘cottage’ on the land that is a vineyard, which his family owned till last year when they sold and retired. Mark’s friend, Alex, decided to buy the two cottages adjacent to the vineyard to live in and rent out. Amazing place, as you will see in following posts.
We followed this older ‘ship’ for a few miles on I90. On the back is the words: El Apartamento’. You never know what you are going to see on road trips. The cloud formations were interesting throughout the voyage.
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Desert Clouds from the Southwest. No UFO’s spotted :-).
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Dispatches from the Mothership 