Bob & Maggie beat us to Port Townsend, but waited patiently for us. We began to explore the town which is loaded with Victorian shops and homes. It prospers as a tourist destination. We located a great restaurant that had a deck overlooking the bay. We enjoyed a great meal with our special friends.
After lunch we drove around looking at the different areas of the port, and ended up a Fort Worden. There was a small beach, with a lighthouse at the end of the spit.
We had to get out and explore the area, walk on the beach and admire some of the boats. Even though it was a weekday, the area was still very busy. Fort Worden is a WA State Park. It was developed as a fort in the late 1890's to protect the Puget Sound area. It became a state park in 1954, and the state has done a good job of maintaining the historic buildings. They also use some of the buildings as conference centers and college seminars. The reason Fort Worden looked so familiar is that it was used as the setting of the movie "An Officer & A Gentleman". After our visit there we had to watch the movie again and we really enjoyed it and recognized a lot of the buildings used in the movie.
If you're looking for more information on Fort Worden and some great pictures, click on the following link:
http://www.parks.wa.gov/fortworden/default.aspx
We stopped at a unique garden shop on the way back to the campground and we saw some nice water features which we thought Matt & Suzanne might be interested in. They're going to add a water feature to their backyard .
If you would like to see more photos of the day please click on the following link:
http://picasaweb.google.com/jchuber1/PortTownsendWA#
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