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.
Archive for the ‘ Rural Jefferson County ’ Category
Recycle Here
Author: michaelNov 17
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:
Beaver Valley Rainbow
Author: michaelNov 6
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
Author: michaelNov 3
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
Author: michaelSep 25
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
Author: michaelSep 17
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
Author: michaelSep 7
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.








