The hardware series ended when I saw some of the natural and weathered siding on the old sheds. This siding is on the old unpainted McIntosh barn. This may not have been S2S finished lumber but rather straight from the buzz saw and dripping wet. I would not count on this being so much as stable dried lumber. Old Mac probably got squirted when he drove nails. Stable dried lumber stands a far better chance of lasting for a good long time when exposed to the elements while unsealed.
The Ag Museum is now open for summer weekends, including Fridays. Friday, I passed through on a leisurely stroll down to Mac Lake, met an interesting mountain main with whiskers and a dandy bench west along the lake. I loaded up with autumn captures this year in general and accesed the only snow Saturday this winter. As always, it’s a great spot for exercise and access to Mac Lake. There is always something more at McIntosh but I won’t search today. I apparently can’t find everything in a single pass. I like the natural patina of the rusting tones as they were. There is great diversity in those tones.
This is the McIntosh-Lohr Farm Agricultural Museum on Highway #66, (not the same as Route #66) It goes up to Estes Park and end mostly east at Flatteville. I dropped everything else because the clouding has been absent recently, Friday and today, they really popped the structures. The unpainted barn was the McIntosh barn and the red one the Dickens barn moved in from the FAA property. I’m related some how or another to the Dickens crowd. Old Jack, I remember he had trouble remembering to put the gear down BEFORE he landed his plane. I scored shots out here some years ago but the sky was a dud and I was using my old D70. I am gathering all together into my Photo Set album.
