The Road Less Traveled

Gentleman Farmer has the week off from work and because our car is

"on it's last leg," we thought we would stick pretty close to home

and just do some "day tripping!"

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Our journey first led us down I-5 to Centralia where we stopped to visit the

historic Borst Home.

( I just found a local fellow blogger who has several posts on the Borst Home

and the history. She has many wonderful pictures of the inside of the home

and the history, also, if you would like to go over there and take a peek!

Look at her sidebar and start with "part 1")

The Borst Home

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Some of the gardens, created by the Master Gardeners program

featuring plants that may have been planted by the Borst family.

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Below ~ the Bird and Butterfly Garden

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The Cutting Garden

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The Herb Garden

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Grapes

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The Vegetable Garden

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The Flower Garden

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Hollyhocks ~ one of my favorite flowers...

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and someone else likes them, too!

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The Schoolhouse

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The Blockhouse

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After our visit to the Borst Home and gardens, Gentleman Farmer and I

continued down the road and turned onto Hwy. 6, (This is where "the road less traveled

comes in!) cruising along beautiful forest and farmland.

Arriving in Raymond, we turned South and stopped at an antique store in South Bend

then drove a little further to the seaside vacation cabin of a friend.

On our return to South Bend, off on the left we spotted several

Roosevelt Elk that are often seen feeding in this area.

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Instead of following Hwy. 6 back,we continued north thru

Raymond and up Hwy. 101 to Montesano.
We are taking all the back roads ~ the sights are much more interesting there!

From Montesano, we take the Middle Satsop Road and drive to

Shaffer State Park. Another good place to get out and stretch our legs.

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Big Leaf Maple's in the picnic area.

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The lazy (for now) Satsop River.

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Time to head toward home via the nearly deserted back road to Matlock.

We come upon a doe feeding as we checkout the Beeville Loop Road.

It's starting to get dark now, so we head for home.

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Upon arriving home, we are greeted by our doe and two fawns.

It was nearly dark, but if you look really hard, you can see her and one

baby's eyes reflecting the flash!

So ends our pleasant day following The Road Less Traveled!

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"Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace."

Proverbs 3:17