Port Townsend, WA - Can it Get Any Better Than This?

‘Smell the sea and feel the sky, Let your soul and spirit fly.’

                                                                 Van Morrison

Can it get any better than this?

Waking up to foghorns

Seeing the Cascades peeking through distance

Savoring a junior cup of Espresso Chip from Elevated Ice Cream

Glorying in wild rhododendrons lining the trail on Mt. Walker

Waving good-bye to the passengers on the ferry

Walking along the beach as the tide rolls in

Watching as sailboats heel round the buoy and head for the finish line

Relishing a current hazelnut scone from the Farmer’s Market

Smiling as 7th graders learn some of the finer points of sailing

Watching tugs towing barges through Puget Sound

Seeing cruise slips gleaming in the evening sun as they glide over the water to the Inner Passage

Watching the fog roll across the water

Hiking the steps to get up the bluff to get from ‘downtown’ to ‘uptown’

Touring WWI bunkers which protected Puget Sound

Glimpsing the Space Needle from atop Mt. Walker

Enjoying 8th graders learning knots while tying themselves up

Can it get any better than this?

We’ve just spent a week in Port Townsend, WA and have thoroughly enjoyed it - for all the reasons listed above and many others. No great adventures, no expensive jaunts - just simple pleasures and a bit of rest and relaxation. Salt water will do that to you.