On our last day in the Olympic Peninsula, we headed to Port Townsend known for its historic Victorian buildings dating back to the 1800s. We went on a self guided walking tour to look at old buildings. They all more or less looked the same to me. The city is built on a cliff with a port beneath much of the city.
Left: Bartlett House, 1883; Right: St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
During our wanderings, we stumbled upon a farmer’s market. This was not like the ones up here in Canada. It was way bigger with a variety of stalls from ready to eat food, to veggies to arts and crafts. Pretty cool.
One stall was selling fresh seafood and my parents made a beeline for that stall. They BBQed everything and it was SO good. I’ve never had BBQ oysters before but they were very tasty.
After exploring the market, we headed to Fort Worden to take a look at a lighthouse. Everyone made such a big deal over it and I was expecting something amazing. To be honest, I think the Fisgard Lighthouse in Victoria is nicer, or at least more impressive.
Finally, we headed down Puget Sound to Bainsbridge Island to take a ferry across to Seattle for some shopping.
So 4 days, 3 different ferries. Not bad. Explored an area close to home that I’ve never been to and chased after some vampires / werewolves.
More photos? Here.
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