Let’s make this clear: I’m not the kind of person who likes antique stuff just because it’s old. Old things that still function do interest me, like old typewriters or cameras.

Anyway, this photo immediately made me think of old photos from the late 1800s/early 1900s when the West was still wild and men were proud of controlling nature for the sake of industry. This is my attempt at showing the rest of you what I saw in it.

A side note: The tallest lighthouse in Washington is in Westport along that beach. We wondered why we never saw it, and that’s because it’s not along the beach anymore. It was only 40 feet from high tide when it was built, but the ocean dynamics of the area changed when they built that jetty pictured above. Now the lighthouse is a few thousand feet from high tide, no longer really on the beach.