There are a ton of things to do around Fort Townsend. The bus is cheap, as is the ferry.
There has a been a progression of low pressure systems blasting through accompanied by high wind and rain. Inevitably there are nice weather days. We try and go on an outing when the weather is good. This whole blog is skewed to pictures showing nice weather. When it is nice I take a lots of pictures. When it is raining and blowing the camera remains inside.
These pictures are taken on an extreme windy but sunny day at Point Wilson which is a quick bus ride away from the harbour.
Yesterday we took the ferry across Puget Sound, to Whitby Island and the Fort Casey state park. In October they raised the ferry rates. Now we had to fork out $1.75 to cross the Sound. $3.50 return.
The park is on a promontory overlooking Juan de Fuca Strait and Puget Sound. In the early 1900s there was an artillery installation here and at Fort Worden behind Port Townsend and another location further north. Any unwanted intruders would be in the cross hairs of these three forts. Now it is a great place to go for a walk and look out over the ocean.
Here are some kite aerial photos. Visible by eye but not in these pictures are the San Juan Islands, located to the north across Juan de Fuca Strait.
Today is one of those wet days and we are hunkered down in the library catching up to the blog and accumulating our next cache of books and dvds.
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