Alison and Company!

We set out to see the retired movie bears and wildlife at this wildlife farm preserve, but got off to a late start, so we made the best of the day anyway.

We took the ferry over to Port Townsend, the boys always enjoy riding the ferry. We got out of the car and toured the ferry, we'd been on larger ferries, so this one was "tiny" in comparison.

The ferry ride was very short. We could see land all around us, we were crossing the Puget Sound. Here's a picture of Port Townsend as we come into port.

We didn't get to go to the wildlife park since they had closed, so we spent the afternoon at this fort. Like Fort Casey, this fort was made in preparation for an enemy attack, but never fired their guns, as the enemy never came.


Here are some old barracks and housing, now rented out to vacationers. This fort is no longer a military base.














Ruins of the fort, too bad it's not being restored.

Cameron wasn't too keen on touring the inside of the fort, too dark for his liking. Here are some pics of what we saw, really not much to see. The boys had more fun climbing the stairs and playing on the beach below the fort.

After touring the fort and playing on the beach, we strolled downtown to see the sites of Port Townsend. We saw lots of old buildings still in use, and lots of street people, singing for money or selling their "art". I almost felt like I'd stepped back to San Francisco for a day! It was a town of yuppies, gypsies and hobo's!

We ended the day at the Pizza Factory and then got in line to wait for the ferry ride across Puget Sound. We got to see the sun set as we left. It started out to be a disappointing day, but we made the best of it and enjoyed our time out as a family!