So grateful for the “treasure” waiting for me Thursday on top of Mt. Erie.
I noticed today on a Facebook post the frustration expressed by a photographer who discovered only one eagle on an Upriver Skagit outing. These four photos are all taken “in the neighborhood” over the past few days, two at sites seasonally occupied by ospreys. Two lakeside, two near saltwater shores. I can never get […]
A fall 2017 view looking south from Mt. Erie on Fidalgo Island toward North Whidbey Island. Campbell Lake in the foreground, part of Deception Pass and Rosario Strait visible.
When I lived at Lake Campbell in the late 70s I had two “bookend” barns, one near the highway and the other not too far from Lake Erie Store. The highway barn fell first, and then this beauty succumbed to the ravages of time. This photo was taken in late April 2002. Remnants of the […]
As you can see from this photo taken in 2013, this Campbell Lake barn was on its way out. Today it has collapsed. The barn was an “old friend,” a reminder of days gone by on many trips to and from Anacortes.
Children from Campbell Lake School gathered on the front steps for this class photo a few decades back. Among those pictured are two good friends of ours: Ruth (Haugland) Kleven (back row, center) and Irene (Jacobson) Cameron (front row center), who still lives on the lake. Others include Arnold Olson, Lavern Dean, and several Schillios […]