I made it to Minot for a day trip (I thought about making a Day Tripper reference, with Sir Paul playing in Fargo, but decided against it) and found myself nearing Wilton as the sunset approached.  That’s a good thing, because I wanted an excuse to stop and take a photo of this old barn before it’s torn down…and this time of year puts it right in line with the setting sun.

I’ve been sentimental about this particular barn because it was one of my first photographic subjects when I decided to get a Canon 7D.  I took a friend up to this barn and he let me use his new 7D for a test drive, and before long I revisited it with one of my own.  As you can see, the barn was in far better shape back then, with a stone addition off to one side.  Even in this photo you can see age beginning to take its toll.

There’s a lot of this sunset that I missed, but I wanted to get my two little towheads back to town and tucked into bed so they will wake up in time for church tomorrow.  I was groaning as I looked over at that blazing red sun and all the colors it was splashing across the sky, but I pressed on – knowing that I already had a variety of killer sunset photos in the bag.

Boy, it sure feels great to get out again.