I've always perceived Seattle as being on, or very close to, the Pacific Ocean. In reality, Seattle is about 60 miles east of the ocean. And, since we've been here, we haven't wandered west of Seattle (I did play golf over in Port Orchard, but I was new to the area and didn't even know where we were headed until I got home and looked up the name of the town we were in).
Washington also has a large ferry system; when we lived in our apartment in Seattle we (especially Spencer) would watch the ferries go in and out of the docks all day long. Yet, to date, we hadn't been on one.
We killed both those stones this weekend with a ferry trip to Bremerton and a drive up to Port Townsend. One of the cool things of being new to the area is we really don't know what to expect in any of these towns, on any of these drives, so its somewhat of an adventure.
We took a night ferry ride from Seattle to Bremerton. Very nice hour-long trip on the water with some nice views and a relaxing ride.
Port Townsend we had heard was nice; Bremerton we had no clue what to expect other than it was our ferry destination. Turns out there wasn't much to see or do in Bremerton, although there was a naval shipyard there with a couple of aircraft carriers in dock. Way cool for those with high levels of testosterone. I kept finding excuses to drive past it! I wish I could say we stayed someewhere interesting, but not knowing the area we played it safe and stayed at a hotel. But it had a pool so Spencer was happy - it was also Garrett's first venture into a pool.
The drive up to Port Townsend, about an hour from Bremerton, was relaxing as well. That whole area reminded me of the thumb area of Michigan - not densely populated, but not boonies either. Found a state park in Port Townsend that had a "beach." Spencer had fun, and it was interesting seeing the crab shells on the beach.
Overall a nice quick weekend getaway that allowed us to get to know the area a little better. I've attached some pictures. Or at least I'm trying to attach some pictures.
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