Port Townsend, Port Hadlock, Port Ludlow, and Three Forts - June 28, 2014

Today we drove around the Discovery Bay, Port Townsend Bay, and Puget Sound area of the Olympic Peninsula. Our first stop was Fort Worden State Park. We purchused a Discover Pass that is required for entry into all the State Parks in Washington. It was 30 bucks and is good for a year.

We drove through the old Fort area. Rows of old buildings that housed the Fort's Officers, and the admin buildings. Some were museums now and others that you can rent rooms in. We headed out to the Point Wilson Lighthouse there.

The date on the lighthouse said 1913.

Then we walked around Battery Kinzie. It was one of the areas that had big guns set up to protect the US from hostile attack during WWII. These guns were gone, but the place was pretty cool.

Then we drove through Port Townsend. There was a big classic car show going on there, but we passed it up. We did walk the streets and marveled over the old buildings.

Then on to the Old Fort Townsend State Park. There wasn't too much there to see so on to Indian Island. Indian Island is the home of Fort Flagler. It is an active Navy base. We passed by and on to Marrowstone Island. The north end is Fort Flagler State Park. We stopped at another artillery battery there.

This one still had the guns there. 155 mm guns.

Remember the old Beatle song... Happiness Is A Warm Gun?

We drove through the old Fort buildings.

And walked along the beach to see the Marrowstone Point Lighthouse. It was a little itty bitty one.

We played around on the beaches for awhile.

When passing through Port Hadlock, we came across this restaurant. It was called Zoog's. A place to have some 'caveman' cocktails.

On the way back to our campground, we drove through Chimacum. This is where the SKP COOP park, Evergreen, is located. I took a couple of pictures.

We covered a big area today and saw alot too.

We love the Olympic Peninsula.