Awake: 7:08am Temp 52 Sunny Overnight @ Chimacum, WA
Mid morning e-mail check + we’ve been eyeing the local weather this am
trying to decide if this will be a good day to visit & tour Port Angeles.
Around 10:30am, the Northwest sky brightens; the low clouds dissipate so @
11:10 we start driving the Suzuki to Port Angeles (50min). 1st stop, the
tourist information center downtown where Kathy arms us with local maps,
brochures + vocal directions on the latest things to see about town, some
of which have an early closing time today.
We visit the historic Carnegie Library that is now a museum & has a
closing time of 4:00pm. This was a good start of getting to know how & why
the town of Port Angeles was founded, protected & what keeps it alive &
well today. We spend 1.5 hrs in the museum reading stories & looking @
photos of the early pioneers, military men, loggers, etc in their
struggles to make a life, living & defending this part of the country.
Their exhibits were well done as well as their dioramas. This Carnegie
Library was built in 1919 & we found out Carnegie and company went around
the states building Carnegie Libraries similar to the one built in P.A.
Around 4:00pm we eat a healthy snack in our Suzuki, then return to the
visitor’s center to watch a video of what else Port Angeles has to offer
nice touristy people like ourselves.
I take a few minutes during the video, walk outside & call Rosemary in
Nicktown, PA to wish her & Herm a happy 60th wedding anniversary. She &
Herm were happy that we remembered.
Next, we start doing an auto tour of downtown P.A., slowing down to admire
the individual old buildings but….this was not good timing. I think the
lumber mill workers were punching out from the day’s work & racing back to
their homes. So, we park the Suzuki & do a walking tour of the town….going
to the upper level (106 steps) for exercise & curiosity. Along the way we
stop in the Corner Photo store to buy a new battery for my Rolli which
they didn’t have. But, the fellow did have a Rolli just like mine & gave
me an address where I can get a good overhaul of my classic camera
sometime.
En route back to our campground, we do some light grocery shopping @
Safeway and Wal-Mart & fill the Suzuki with fuel @ Costco....then on to
Port Townsend, where we both get our milk supply. Then….the BIG surprise:
when we call Kevin for his 30th birthday wishes, he informs us that we are
going to lose our forwarding mail service! That’s not good, but it’s
great! Kevin has a job waiting for him in Indiana, PA @ the University &
they will be moving soon. WOW!
Healthy snacks for dinner @ 9:15pm while watching the video: “Abe
Lincoln;” a good review of history from a 1930’s made movie perspective.
High temp today: low 60’s Lights out: 12:47am
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