Weathered Barn
Weathered Barn

Weathered Barn

Barn along Highway 12 near Randle WA

Barn : bärn : [noun] : a large farm building used for storing grain, hay, or straw or for housing livestock.
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Rain,

that’s been the weather ‘du jour’

for the past six days.

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It is hard to believe just seven days ago

I was out in east Lewis County WA in the brilliant sunshine,

taking hundred of photos in along various country roads

that wind and weave across the narrow valleys

between the verdant tree covered hills.

I call east Lewis County

the ‘Land of the Dead End Road.’

I’ve traveled many thousand of miles around rural Washington state.

Never encountering an area so replete with dead ends as east Lewis County.

East Lewis County is home to thousands upon thousands of acres of steep forested hills

nestled up against the Cascade Mountain range,

some owned by the various timber companies like Weyerhaeuser

and huge swaths of National Forest Lands in the

Gifford Pinchot National Forest.

Privately held lands are hopscotched

between these large areas of leased, owned and national lands,

so the majority of back roads only travel short distances,

most times only a mile or less before you come across the inevitable sign

‘County Road Ends in 500 Feet.’

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Here though, I was traveling

one of the three major state routes through our area.

Along Highway 12,

also known as White Pass,

I came across this winsome weathered barn,

lying comfortably among some golden maple trees

at the foot of a hill covered in Douglas Fir trees, with just the tip

of majestic Mount Rainier soaring above and behind.

This day Mount Rainier was sporting

its quite common layer of saucer-shaped lenticular clouds.

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I’ve lived within view of Mount Rainier my whole life.

One weather saying here locally among native Washingtonians

is if Mount Rainier is wearing a cap of clouds,

it will rain within three days.

Often that proves true.

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One last bit about the rain.

We installed a Lacrosse home weather station a few weeks ago,

because weather reporting for our very local area,

by the major news stations is vague at best.

Our home station has recorded 6.02 inches

of rainfall in the last six days,

just a tad bit wet.

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Blessings Always,

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4 Comments

  1. I used to be good about visiting my blog list…I’m trying to figure out how my life has changed so that I don’t do it anymore! Your image is such a wonderful view of the PNW….especially people lucky enough to see magnificent mountains. (My current blog post is about my recent drive into the Blue Mountains.)

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