Yesterday Tommy and I had a very slothful day. We needed it. Even though we are on ‘vacation’, we do a lot every day. We run around and explore most of the day and by the time we get back to base camp, shower, eat, and chill for a while, the day becomes long. I would love to have a full day of just staying inside, catching up on laundry, cleaning, cooking a great meal, and reading. Someday soon, I hope…..
We extended our stay here 3 more days so we can move the RV to Port Townsend for the weekend. We have a spot reserved on the very tip of the island with a clear view of Canada just outside our back door. We are very excited and cannot wait for tomorrow to come so we can move there.(Ill bog more about Port Townsend over the weekend, after we explore it more in detail, but so far, we find it irresistible there.)
The second little town we stopped at was Port Gamble. This was a very old, restored, building by building, town. It was a major log town. The saw mill is still there, but not in service. It was the largest running saw mill in the US up until 1996.
The town itself is very small, population 84. The people who live there are very proud of their surroundings and they show it by how manicured every single house and building is. The old fire station is now an outdoors store, mainly for kayakers. The old post office was inside the postmaster’s house and now is a museum.
The general store is now a restaurant, museum and old fashioned candy store. This town is a great little find if you are ever in this area. There is no advertisement for it and I believe that is what makes it so quaint.
The last place we stopped at was a marina in Kingston. It was another beautiful day here. We have been told several times how very lucky our timing is to be here as far as the weather is concerned. We have had nothing but sunny skies and the temperature in the high 60’s - low 70’s.
We walked around the docks for a while. We saw a lot of starfish. All different species. All different colors. We chatted with several boats men. We watched a couple of sail boats leaving the dock for a sunset cruise. It was very very relaxing and enjoyable to be on the water.On the way back to the car we passed a beach. What Seattlians call a beach. To me it was dirt and mud. It is located on the Puget Sound and it is popular place to take your dogs. The townspeople seemed to enjoy it a great deal.
We also passed by a blackberry bush. Of course we had to stop and pick some. After all, they were organic! Lol. We stood there for probably 20 full minutes just picking and eating, like homeless people. We would both say to each other after eating one at a time….mmmm, that one was really sweet, or wow, that one was extremely tart. We had fun and we laughed at each other being scoundrels. If I had something to carry them back home with me I would have wiped the bush clean.
(If you haven’t noticed by now, I seem to be taking a lot of pictures of flowers on this trip. There are so many beautiful flowers I have not seen before. Living in south Florida and everything being green all year is pretty, but I miss the colors. There are flowers everywhere you look and they are too pretty to pass by without documenting them.)
Last night Tommy made his infamous chili and we watched a movie. We have no TV reception here in the park and the trees are too plentiful to pick up a satellite signal so we have been entertaining ourselves in different manners all week. Last night we decided to put in a movie. True Grit. (It was okay, not great). Today, we are exploring the underground Navy Submarine Museum. Im sure ill have a lot of pics on this one too.
Thanks for reading.
