Archive for the ‘ Rural Jefferson County ’ Category

Foggy Firehouse

East Jefferson Fire and Rescue Station

East Jefferson Fire and Rescue Station

Station 4 of the East Jefferson Fire and Rescue Department sits on the corner of Cape George Road and Ridge Drive, on the Edge of the Cape George Village and Highlands. Before the county went to all mail in ballots, it’s where I went to vote.

Recycle Here

Jefferson County Recycling Center

Jefferson County Recycling Center

If you have a lot of recycling, this is where you take it. Yes, we do have curbside pickup in Port Townsend, but in the county that luxury entails hiring a private service, and they won’t pick up the whole pickup full of cardboard I just dumped off.

Moving requires lots of boxes, which I’ve been collecting for over a month. As I finish with a load of stuff, I then have to get rid of the boxes.

BTW, it’s quite fun doing this in the current weather. Yesterday, when I took this had a similar forecast to today:

“Very windy with periods of heavy rain. Lows in the 40s. South wind rising to 35 to 45 mph with gusts to 60 mph.”

Beaver Valley Rainbow

Morning fog forms a rainbow over Beaver Valley

Morning fog forms a rainbow over Beaver Valley

Beaver Valley, about 15 miles south of Port Townsend gets a lot of fog. Fortunately, it is seldom thick enough to make driving difficult. The mix of farms and fog generally makes the valley interesting and sometimes beautiful.

WSU in Jefferson County

WSU Extension

WSU Extension

The Jefferson County Extension office is located in the Shold Business Park in Port Hadlock. In addition to sponsoring the Master Gardners, the office offers many other programs and services from small business/economic development to 4-H, Food and Farm and several natural resource oriented services.

West on Hastings

Sunset on Hastings

Sunset on Hastings

I was driving home and stared at this incredible sky for a couple of minutes before I just had to pull over and take a shot. This is looking west on Hastings Ave near the Port Townsend city limits.

Discovery Bay

An old farm above Discovery Bay

An old farm above Discovery Bay

Defining the western edge of the Quimper Peninsula is Discovery Bay. Here we see part of an old farm that overlooks the bay. There was a grass fire near here that I couldn’t get to as the highway was closed.

Highway 101 at night

headlights on 101

headlights on 101

Rounding Discovery Bay, you’ll notice a small, brightly painted train that houses an ice cream and candy store. At least you might notice it during the day.