Indian Trade Shop and Dispensary

My Credit Union is having it's annual photo contest again this month. (Last year I won with my Olympic National Park photo). No pressure this year, right? The theme has always been the Great Northwest, but they changed it this year to "New Perspective". I guess they were tired of all the waterfall and beach pictures, because now they are looking for something that shows our spirit or culture. The deadline to submit is May 31st and I didn't submit a picture until yesterday. I think it was my best one suited for the theme and after I sent it in, I had two people from marketing comment how great a picture it was. That hasn't happened - ever. I was a little hesitant to send in a portrait layout photo because the calendars are usually done in landscape, but I figured if they liked my pic enough, it wouldn't matter. The clouds are what  make the picture.

This is of the Indian Trading Shop and Dispensary at Fort Vancouver - which was the Hudson's Bay Company (fur trading) headquarters for Oregon, Washington, Idaho and British Columbia.

Ferris Wheel

55/365 - The Blacksmith Shop

This picture is of inside the building of the Blacksmith shop at Fort Vancouver where we visited yesterday. It was quite smokey inside and that's why the light streaming in from the window shows up so amazingly well.

54/365 Fort Vancouver Fur Warehouse

A couple of weeks ago I walked around Fort Vancouver and thought that it might be nice to take the kids there today so that they could ride their bikes along the trails. We actually went inside the Fort and took a tour of the buildings. We went to the Bakehouse, Counting House, Jail, Bastion, Chief Factor's Residence and The Blacksmith Shop. There were people inside some of the buildings to tell us a little history about the place and a "blacksmith" inside the Blacksmith shop. It was VERY smoky inside, but the kids enjoyed watching him make a square nail. The picture I chose today is of the Fur Warehouse where furs and pelts were stored. 

43/365 - Fort Vancouver

It was a cold and beautiful morning so I drove down to the waterfront. Once I got there I noticed that I left my SD card at home in my computer. 30 minutes later, I had my card, parked my car and headed to Fort Vancouver. I've been to the Fort before, many times, but today I decided to walk there by taking the pedestrian bridge that goes under the railroad tracks and over the Interstate. This is a picture I took from the long pathway that leads to the Fort.