Awake: 6:30am Temp 47 Clear sky Overnight @ Chimacum, WA
Casual morning for both of us. Early afternoon, drive the Suzuki to Port
Townsend (10min) & walk up and down both sides of their main business
street (Water St.), casually going into a few stores out of curiosity. We
spent the most time in an old hardware store, which still has items on its
shelves for sale from the 50’s & 60’s….with updated prices!
Next we visit the historic Victorian Palace Hotel just a few yards from
the hardware store; we ask the hotel clerk where we might get a good
hamburger in town? She mentions 3 places: The Nifty-Fifties cafe across
the street, the Blue Moose down the road about a mile & another place I
can’t remember. When she said the Blue Moose served an organic burger &
that was her favorite, we focused on the healthy comment & hopped in our
Suzuki in search of that Blue Moose Café. In trying to find the Blue
Moose, we stopped @ a building in the industrial area of Port Townsend for
further directions. The front part of the building was being renovated so
I went around to the back…when I discovered the place was a micro-brewery
& the guy I talked with said they do give complimentary samples, I
couldn’t get Kathy out of the car fast enough to check this place out.
About two hrs later & a few sample brews, we had forgotten about lunch &
the Blue Moose. The lady bar-keeper hinted that the Blue Moose does not
serve any hamburgers after 2:00pm. Oops, forget the lunch; we’ll have a
bowl of peanuts instead! The Port Townsend Brewing Co. is unique. A very
small bar & tasting room with a cliental of interesting locals; the
colorful locals kept us glued to our bar stools with genuine
entertainment. We could have easily stayed for a few more hrs.
Next, we find the Fort Worden State Park, northeast of Town. After parking
the Suzuki, we do a little walking & hiking to explore the areas of the
BIG gun emplacements. These 12 huge disappearing guns were the main harbor
defenses of Puget Sound as they existed & functioned from the late 1880’s
to the end of WWII. During those early times, Port Townsend was the Port
of Entry for Puget Sound so every ship entering the Strait of Juan de Fuca
was identified & scrutinized carefully.
Next, we drive around the campground area close to the beach of Admiralty
Inlet where many RV’s are parked & families are enjoying a picnic & the
beautiful weather. Last month, our friends from Alaska, Mark & Marcia had
camped here in their RV.
Now we are hungry so it’s back to town & a stop @ the Pizza Factory for
Pizza & Beer before returning to the bus @ 8:05pm. It sure wasn't the
“Moose’s Tooth!”
The day was warm, I didn’t leave an air conditioner on in the bus, & now
it’s too warm to hang out inside, so we take a 20 min walk around the park
while the bus cools. I also do some easy house cleaning of the Aqua Hot
chrome doors.
Call our son Nick in Seattle & make plans for a rendezvous in Seattle
tomorrow afternoon.
Watch a video movie from the clubhouse library: “Quick Change,” staring
Bill Murray. An amusing but frustrating flick to watch!
Today’s high temp=79 Lights out: 11:55pm
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