Port of Olympia

I got to stop in at one of my former hometowns on Friday, heading up to Seattle.  We had a light drizzle on the way up, but the weather report kept calling for clearing skies.  I was imagining a sunbreak just as we drove into Olympia.  We pulled into town for lunch, and it was just like I order up this weather.  The skies cleared overhead, so I got my sun in the foreground and overcast in the background, which is classic Olympia weather.  The foreground, by the way, is Percival Landing, which is undergoing a transformation right now, thus all the construction equipment behind the Sandman.  In the background is Port of Olympia.  Olympia is were I took my photography classes and also where I started 45journal, and happens to be one of my favorite cities.  It was great to be back here, if only for a short while passing through.

May 9

I was really surprised to see this seal sunning itself at Port of Olympia today. There were about four boats docked at this pier for the Wooden Boat Festival and the owners were out having coffee about 20 feet from the seal. At first I thought it was their dog! Then this sail boat started up and passed in front of the seal about five feet from the pier. I thought the seal would leave then but it just watched. The boat circled around to head out toward the sound and the seal got up and turned to watch the boat leave. f/5.6, 1/160, 200mm.