[McMurphy]

Think of the polarizer as a venitian blinds.
If you put two of them together, one north south and the second east west you could blot out the line of sight.
They really only cut down on oblique glare, like from glass off to the left or right if your polarized lens is oriented up and down.

Your skies in the photos are showing more blue sky than stark white washed.

Reardan is such a wheat town... LOL
Picturesque too. Surprised you didnt get some with some of the old buildings in town, or the main drag.
Even been out to Tekoa?
It is out in the Palouse about half way to Pullman and spring time is fantastic as the rolling hills are turning green with the fresh wheat growing and you can see thunder storms a hundred miles away....
Just a tiny little farming town, but lots of photogenic spots there.

Best friend and I went golfing out there one morning, I should never forget it.