That’ll Work For Now
One thing I enjoy about my new job is that I occasionally get to travel around the state. We have 6 offices around the state and it’s not uncommom for we to work on jobs for other offices. I’ve recently been working on a job in Eastern Washington near Vantage and this past week I was over there for a day. I’m a sucker for state parks and historic sites so I tend to stop a lot on my way back home if I have the time. Somehow a 2.5 hour trip back took me 5 hours the other day and here are some photos of what slowed me down:
These three shots are from Olmstead Place State Park near Kittitas, WA. The Olmstead family arrived in 1875 and worked on the farm for over 100 years before donating it to Washington State Parks in 1968.
My favorite stop on the trip was the South Cle Elum Railyard on the Milwaukee Road. The Milwaukee is considered one of the most significant and cherished railroads ever to exist in the United States. A 100+ miles stretch of the converted in to a trail and is now called Iron Horse State Park. I would love to hike or bike this trail someday as it follows the old railroad right-of-way through tunnels and over bridges. There is one tunnel that is over two miles long. The depot and sub-station have been restored and you can see the some remains of the railyard around the site. The amazing thing was as I walked around his site for nearly an hour there was nobody else around and I could almost imagine what it was like years ago.
Here’s the same sub-station building in 1918 (rotated 90 degrees).
If you look behind the puff of steam in the picture below you can see the sub-station and to the right the depot shown in my photo above.
I didn’t take any photos of it but you can still see the concrete foundation of the turntable and the structure next to it.
Someday I will hike the 100 miles of this trail. When? Who knows. Until then I’ll just have to make stops along the route when I’m passing through. That’ll work for now.
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Heidi and I really enjoy state parks and history museums. A few years ago we went to The Whitman Mission (http://www.nps.gov/whmi/) just out side of Walla Walla. Even though it’s really small, it still took us hours to go through it.
You should make a Google Map of all the historic places you hit up as you drive to and fro so that others can take advantage of your Eastern Washington adventures.
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Great photos man!
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