South Puyallup afternoon drive

Look what I found!

One day in late August, after I got back home from that camping trip to Lake Wynoochee, I visited the trailer in her storage unit south of Puyallup.  I spent a few hours there dumping the tanks, scrubbing the floor inside the trailer after 5 days of camping, and other regular maintenance chores.  It was a very pretty day so, when I was through with my chores at the trailer, instead of hopping on the freeway to get home, I turned off on some back roads and simply meandered.  I wasn’t looking for anything in particular and wasn’t even thinking about taking any photos, but I should have known better.

Driving leisurely down one country road, so very relaxed, I was driving and dreaming of nothing in particular, just wandering down the road and wandering in my mind.  When … what!?  What is THAT!?  Oh my gosh!!

It’s Bigfoot!  It’s a Sasquatch!  Oh my word!!

I snapped a photo as quickly as I could before it disappeared into the woods.  I couldn’t believe my eyes!  I didn’t think they were real!  And I didn’t think they would come this close to civilization!  But obviously they did.  But … now, wait a minute … now, just hold on here one minute!  That Sasquatch wasn’t moving!  Hmmm.

I think I’ve been duped!

This horse in the pasture right next to the “sasquatch” heard all of my noises and gasps and commotion and slowly turned her head to look at whatever it was that had me so excited.

The horse hardly moved a muscle, but did turn her head back to look at me and just stared at me as if to say, “humans … they are such odd, excitable creatures.”

You can read all about real Sasquatches here.  Don’t believe the hype about Sasquatches being mythical beings.  We who live in the Pacific Northwest know they exist.  😉

There were lots of small vegetable plots in this part of Pierce County.  Rows of corn above.

What’s here?  Maybe squash?  And some other things that I can’t quite identify.  Maybe raspberry vines there on the right?

This little farm was long over-grown.  I bet it was very pretty and tidy once upon a time and, in a way, I hoped the people who had originally planted it and cared for it were no longer there to see the dishevelment.

One good thing that comes from letting a plot of land “go to seed” is that the blackberries take over.  Yum.

Perfect hot summer sweet blackberries.  Can’t you just smell and taste these?  Mmm, mmm … delicious!

Oops, better stay away from this place.  That dog didn’t look too happy.  In addition, she was making a weird whining/growling noise.  I stayed in the truck and figured I would just keep moving.

But then her face changed and I realized she wasn’t really a mean dog.  She was just bored, and she was just yawning.  Here she is about five seconds later with a big smile on her face and with a tail wagging so hard that it was banging against that fence … clang, clang, clang!  She was no danger at all.  I think she is now saying, “hey, Ann, I was just pulling your leg there with that weird face.”

I do love old wood barns in old pastures.  I bet this one has seen its share of farm animals and kids playing and farmers doing their work.

What a nice afternoon drive.  Sometimes the nicest days happen when you least expect them.