Port Townsend, Washington, May 2025

We did a house and dogsit in a beautiful home about 15 minutes west of Port Townsend. The house had a stunning view of Discovery Bay but the most beautiful part was a delightful tiny labradoodle named Maizie (she stole my heart). We visited the Maritime Center, hiked the Batteries in Fort Worden, walked the beach at Fort Flagler on Marrowstone Island, and drove to both the Visitor Center and up onto Hurricane Ridge at Olympic National Park. We rode our bicycles and visited some cideries / breweries / wineries. We also obtained our Washington drivers licenses and license plates for our car. Yep, we are officially Washingtonians now…

The Maritime Center in Port Townsend
A Blue Heron nest with one egg in it – at the Coupeville to Port Townsend Ferry Landing. The Heron mama flew away from the nest as soon as the ferry started to pull out and she returned as soon as the ferry was clear of the piling. We took this picture from the upper deck of the ferry
Port Townsend Ferry Landing aboard the MV Kennewick
The beautiful Courthouse Building in Port Townsend where we obtained our new Washington license plates and registration for our car
Fort Worden State Park on the north side of Port Townsend. We hiked through the batteries and along the beach to the lighthouse
The Lighthouse on Fort Worden State Park
The skeleton of a gray whale on display on a pier in Port Townsend
Maizie, the darling little labradoodle
She loves the camera
Mazie and Susan doing morning snuggles
Check out the frisbee above her that she is chasing to catch – and she did catch it.
A view of Discovery Bay
“Sirens”, a longtime local bar and restaurant on Water Street in Port Townsend. The clam chowder was fantastic
A 3-dimensional map of the Olympic Peninsula at the Visitor Center for Olympic National Park near Port Angeles
On Hurricane Ridge at Olympic National Park.
Note the elevation of the parking lot on Hurricane Ridge is identical to the elevation of our former home in Colorado. 5220 feet above sea level
A crosscut of a 650 year old Douglas Fir Tree from the Olympic Peninsula – at the Olympic National Park Visitor’s Center in Port Angeles
Alpenfire Cidery south and west of Port Townsend
We loved this place

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