It was April 2003 when photographer Wayne Martin (left) stepped in front of an Anacortes Chamber of Commerce audience to be recognized as the featured artist for the 2003 Waterfront Festival. Wayne’s beautiful photograph featured Mt. Baker and tall ship replica “Lady Washington.” Also pictured here are then Shell Refinery Manager Tom Smith and Chamber […]
Project manager Jenkins Dossen (center) of the Port of Anacortes checks progress on the installation of a new boat launch at Cap Sante Marina. February 2007.
Snow geese, Best Road, March 2002. This would be a great image to create a custom puzzle.
The “Union,” to this day tucked away behind a chain link fence on 3rd Street in downtown Anacortes.
Beautiful shoreside home down a memory. Fifth Street home looking over Fidalgo Bay at base of Cap Sante, March 2005.
August 2011 aerial of Ship Harbor state ferry terminal. Note construction in San Juan Passage and Portalis residential communities.
Ship Harbor wetlands, February 2004, as viewed from ferry terminal staging area. Residential construction prep visible on the hills above. This area became Ship Harbor Interpretive Preserve (SHIP), with beach access and features including boardwalk and interpretive signage.
View from Biz Point, Fidalgo Island, May 2006.
Evidence that I have dabbled with art effects before. Dock house on Guemes Channel, October 2006, with watercolor effect.
Twenty years ago I took this photograph of the Burlington Northern Sante Fe Railroad tracks on March’s Point. The tracks once passed over Fidalgo Bay to downtown Anacortes. Today the trestle from that abandoned line serves as part of the Tommy Thompson Trail. The train delivers crude oil from North Dakota to the Marathon Refinery.
Thirteen months ago today I shot this photo at Deception Pass on the way to Oak Harbor. My driver/friend was gracious enough to pull over to give me a few minutes. And today, the snow is back!
It was 17 years ago last month that I took this photo of a welder working on the hull of a boat at Dakota Creek Industries (DCI) on the Anacortes waterfront.