Yesterday was my first trip across the Puget Sound! Matt had been once with work last week. We took the ferry from Edmonds over to the little town of Kingston across the water. It was a windy ride, but very pleasant. We parked our car and then headed up to the sun deck to take some pics.
The ferries are HUGE! Here are a few different shots of the ferry:
Seagulls were everywhere...we wished we would have brought Gracie with us to help fend them off!
The views were breathtaking. It has been so sunny and clear this week, which is completely out of character for the NW at this time of the year. We are really lucky to have had such great views this early in our stay here.
When our ferry arrived in Kingston, we took the car to Port Townsend (less than an hour away from Port Angeles, for those of you who know your Twilight -- Our next trip over will be to Port Angles and probably to Forks. We'll have to wait until spring/summer to go to La Push, so we can soak up some rays on the beach!)
Port Townsend is a great little town with all of the little seaside charm you could ask for. We walked around and grabbed a bite to eat at Waterfront Pizza.
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| Didn't eat here, but cool sign! |
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| According to me, I am the newest member of the Salmon Club. |
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| Lots of boats out on the water yesterday |
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| A calm sea. |
One of the best parts of the day trip was being able to see Mount Rainer! It was a first for me. I couldn't stop taking pictures while we were waiting for the ferry to take us back over to Edmonds.
It was like that old commercial with the grandpa and grandson who are watching the sun going down....going, going, gone....
"Do it again, Grandpa."
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| You can just barely still see it on the left...aren't the pinks just beautiful... |
Besides Rainer, we saw some other gorgeous sunset views as well:
Finally, a few shots of the ferry at sunset:
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| The ride home was pretty chilly, so we opted for the passenger deck as opposed to the sun deck. |
Hope everyone enjoyed all the pictures!
Always more to come...
