The plan was to head to Port Townsend and explore Fort Worden. This fort, along with Fort Casey, was built to discourage enemy ships from reaching Seattle. Fort Casey is really cool, Fort Worden is not. Most, if not all, of the officer’s quarters have been turned into rentals (read hotel) and various businesses seem to occupy other building. We couldn’t find any of the old gun mounts, which are really fun to explore. Big concrete bunkers with dark passages leading to ammunition storage rooms. Bring a flashlight. This was supposedly where An Officer and a Gentlemen was filmed, but you couldn’t proved it by me.
A Starbucks helped ease the disappointment. With nothing to do we decided to take a drive out to Port Angeles. Bad move. Saturday traffic heading out to the Olympic Peninsula was miles of one car after another. Finally found a break in the oncoming traffic and made a probably illegal u-turn.
Afternoon was spent with friends and then the four of us headed out for a good fish dinner. Tomorrow is another day around Port Ludlow and packing up for the next drive.
Zero crosses and 105.3 miles today.
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