Port Townsend, Washington Point Hudson Marina and RV Park 7/28 - 8/2

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Tim and Linda Bunyan

  PORT TOWNSEND, known for its Victorian buildings remaining from the last 19th-century heyday.  It is a maritime center for independent boat builders, 
and related industries, and crafts.

It is drier than the surrounding region due to being in the rainshadow of 
The Olympic Mountains.

Our RV Camp is on a semi-protected bay at Point Hudson on the Quimper Peninsula which extends out of the extreme northeastern end of the Olympic Peninsula on the
 Admiralty Inlet.

The Point Hudson Marina

Jim and Linda Drinkard came for a visit and drove us around to look for a potential settlement.

We walked around Point Hudson Marina and the main street.  We gladly settled into a hot dog outdoor food truck with a dog-friendly patio.

Linda and her companion dog: Teddy.

Cupola House

Jim and Linda and Rob and Sandy came to Port Townsend.  We set off to do the town!
First stop is the music on the patio.  We found our own table at the
 Elevated Ice Cream Shop.

We spent a splendid afternoon along the water at Port Hadlock Bay the charming
 Old Alcohol Plant.  
Great menu, photos and location for spirits bar and grill.  The plant suspended operation of manufacturing wood alcohol (methanol) from sawdust about 1913.

Hadlock Bay with marina connected to the Sound.

The girls: Linda Drinkard, Sandy Connelly, and Linda Bunyan

Curious Rob Connelly and Tim Bunyan on the grounds of the Old Alcohol Plant.

Tim and I toured the Victorians in Port Townsend.

The 1868 Rothschild House Museum.  Located on the bluff overlooking Port Townsend Bay, you can almost see our RV space at the marina.  The Rothschild family is from Bavaria and came to the US in 1840.  He arrived by way of Cape Horn, to San Francisco.  He married a Sacramento girl when he opened a tobacco and cigar store.  Now famous as the Rothschild banking family.

The living room is just as it was when they lived there.  Shipping became is primary focus and his son later took over the business.  That enterprise, now known as "Jones Stevedoring" is still in operation and is based at the Port of Seattle.

The baby crib.

Met up with the gang downtown.  So fun having your friends there experiencing and enjoying new places to see.

Sandy Connelly, what a joy to spend days with her.  Such a girlfriend.! 

Tim and I go on a bike ride over to Woodbey Island.....these motorcycle riders are taking the ferry crossing too!

Coffee Stop

 Several days later, our departure to go to the Family Reunion in Bow.  The entrance to the ferry that takes us to Woodbey Island (the mainland)!. 

Ride the ferry to Whidbey Island's West Coast to scenic and historic Fort Casey State Park.  Our bike ride is along the easy roads along the Fort's Fire Control Stations, the Batteries, and the main communications center buildings at Fort Casey.  The State Park sits atop Admiralty Head which offers sweeping views of Admiralty Inlet, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the Olympic Mountains.

We return to Port Townsend on the ferry to join up with Linda and Jim and Rob and Sandy for a final night out to the
 1907 Rose Theatre.  
Upstairs, at the Starlite Room, we brought food and cocktails to our seats from the café.  The seats were assorted love couches, overstuffed chairs, and rocking chairs.

Our final day at the RV space (located at the marina at Port Townsend)  Tim takes Woodstock for a walk around the marina RV park.

We are off to the Family Reunion at Diz and Viki's house in Bow!
Looking forward to spending time with them and Mike and Paul have invited us to

 their new house in Blaine.