This one sleepy afternoon when Jeff and I were visiting Victoria, Jeff happened to remember another sleepy port town in the area, Port Townsend. After he went on and on about fond memories of staying the city with his father we decided that, from one sleepy town to the next, we would make our way south and visit Port Townsend.
So from Vancouver, B.C. we drove about six hours and took one $10 ferry to stay in a hundered-year-old hotel on the main drag of the quiet tourist destination.
While the actual city didn't have much going one while we were there in October, we did find a couple places that we ended up frequenting during our two days in the town. The first was the UnderTown. It's an underground cafe along Water street that served delicious cappuccinos, reasonably-priced glasses of wine and the most amazing, fresh waffles with yogurt and cream. The cafe also offered live music and featured local artists (which we learned that there are quite a few of).
The other amazing place we frequented was Fort Worden. While the fort was originally built to protect the Puget Sound, it's been left as a museum. Which sounds boring. And I'm sure it was, that's why we didn't pay to get in. Instead we walked along the beach until we came upon an old battery that's just a bunch of concrete tunnels and rooms that have been left to nature. But nature is slow, so in the meantime the public has the enjoyment of all sorts of free fun.
There were at least a million more pictures but I'm sure no one needs/wants to see my model face. We spent hours at the place and even went back. There was a group of kids playing hide and seek throughout the battery and a number of families enjoying the windy day among the concrete.
While the actual town of Port Townsend was on the quiet side, we did learn that it's a bit of an artists' haven. We also learned how much fun it is to run around old military grounds. I'm not itching to go back anytime soon, but if I did go back, I'd head straight to Fort Worden.
*Some photos by Jeff Groat, some by me.
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