Moving Right Along!

Wonderful little artist town of Port Townsend--shops and Regattas sale boats. Also, the home to the Wooden Boat Festival every September and some of the best boat craftsmen in the world. Had lunch at a Thai Restaurant. Japanese, Indians are a high population here.

Our next day we explored Port Angeles tucked between the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the Olympic Mountains (creating at 8k feet and a gateway to Olympia National Forest and Olympia National parks, Hurricane Ridge). The S'Klallam  tribe lived along the Strait of Juan de Fuca's shoreline for centuries before the Spanish discovered the deep harbor in 1791. President Abraham Lincoln designated Port Angeles as a town site for a customs house in 1862, but there was little settlement by newcomers until the 1890's. Because of the rain shadow effect of the Olympic Mountains, Port Angeles has a temperate coastal climate with winter lows in the 40's and summer highs in the 70's. Average rainfall is 25 inches. Where is the Realtors?? We also noticed that people drive the older vehicles here...no salt on the roads...no winters!

Store front and sidewalk cafes

Tours of sailing ships

Cargo, and sails

Harbor Seal overlooking the Strait and next to a walking path
for dog walkers and strollers

While strolling through nearby neighborhood---
Does anyone know what kind of tree this is?

Most unusual tree in someone's front yard?

Mistle toe??

Probably build 100's of years ago

Yes, our next adventure is to "twilight" territory