On September 28th, more tourism was on tap, but a quite local tour this time - across the sound and back!
First step was to drive to Edmonds then catch the ferry to
Kingston and head towards
Port Gamble.
I've never stopped at Port Gamble, but kept thinking I really
should do so. So this was the day.
This is not the main street, but rather a U shaped street
running off it - keeping the through traffic out of the
residential/shopping area.
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| Street Side | Back - View Side |
Another Victorian home, across the street from the above,
and thus without any great views. Many of these homes have
been turned into businesses, which among other things helps
to keep them in such good condition.
As it turns out, we happened to be there when the Tall Ships fleet was travelling from Victoria, BC to Tacoma. Entirely by accident, we ended up at the beach overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, just as the ships were passing. And there were many cars parked there, so it seemed there must have been something to look at! And there was, although fog made them a little hard to see. Note: the following photos have been "enhanced". Basically the contrast has been stretched, and the colour balance changed. It was quite a foggy day, and the ships were only just visible in the original images.
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| Several "tall" ships | The really "tall" ship |
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| Looking west along the beach | Peter on the beach |
From the beach we stumbled around and found Fort Worden State Park, which is on the tip of the peninsula. And there's a lighthouse (not too surprising) and it's the corner which the ships would "cut" on their journey to Tacoma.
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| Passing the lighthouse | This is the largest of the sailing ships. |
The two ferries on the Keystone - Port Townsend run. The next
part of our journey involved catching one of these to Whidbey
Island (the land in the background most likely).
Old and new - a sailing ship and (in the distance) one of the
two ferries on the Keystone - Port Townsend route.
An interesting sign at Deception Pass; the bridge is visible
in the background. Clearly there is no trouble with the
light on this visit.
The Deception Pass Bridge, from a less well known perspective.
The photographer is being photographed herself! Not quite recursive.
The bridge deck has quite a bit of vibration from the traffic,
and another danger is being whacked by protruding mirrors as wide
vehicles cross. This is the only land based route to Whidbey Island,
and hence there is a fairly regular stream of traffic.
Looking east from the bridge. Except as the tide is turning, there
is a very large flow of water through this small passage. Otherwise
the water needs to travel south around Whidbey Island.
There are no more photos for the day, so I presume we went on home. Or perhaps we stopped somewhere along the way for dinner. Anyway, it was a pleasant day, if a little foggy.
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