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!

The kids warm up for Tae Kwon Do, they've got a long way to go in the way of coordination!!!

These will be our future "Karate Kids!"

Yeah! School has started! Cameron couldn't wait to meet some new friends and teachers. He enjoys the "mommy time" at home doing our letters and playing "Go Fish" with alphabet.

In his "I love America" class, they are learning about the constitution and the early days of the USA. They made a 3-cornered hat.

I wasn't so sure that Cameron was ready for a full blown kindergarten, so we've opted for the two hour Tuesdays at the Skagit Family Learning Center. The kids are learning their numbers by putting them up on the calendar, meanwhile learning to read a calendar. It's a great opportunity for Cameron to get with other kids his age and feel a little "peer pressure" to answer questions out loud in class. I didn't realize how "shy" he was until we got into the class, he's quickly coming out of his "shell" and enjoying the classtime. He's also excited to take a lunch box to school with him!

We took a quick drive up to Jackman Creek in the mountains, along a logging road and a hunter's haven. We were anticipating a view of Mount Baker, but had to cut the drive short due to some appointments at home. We did manage to find a beautiful waterfall and the creek a couple miles up from the waterfall. One of the boys' favorite pastime on these trips is to climb the rocks and throw smaller rocks into the water, seeing who can make the biggest splash!

Cameron says, "Take a picture of me!"

The boys were busy looking for critters, while I was busy with the camera, looking for the "perfect shot!"

We stopped to view this cascading waterfall, the sound of the rushing water was loud up there in the quiet mountains.

The boys had fun climbing up the rocks along the waterfall.

The water was cold and good to drink! It's so cool to be able to drink from a fresh mountain waterfall! We took the dogs too!

He's always stopping to pick a

flower for "Mom"

Cameron heaves a big rock into the creek

Jackman Creek

up in the

mountains!

We're so privileged to have such views! You can see the Skagit River below. Overall it was a great day to be out as a family, we only wished we had more time for exploring!