Port Townsend to La Conner Wa

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Port Townsend to La Conner

While traveling along the northern coast of Washington we have really enjoyed 
the slower pace of the many small coastal town, each with their own character.


Port Townsend has their waterfront with their Wooden Boat Festival every summer




They make wooden boats here and have summer camps for kids who want to learn 
how to build  wooden boats



And Friday night concerts in the waterfront park for everyone


After Port Townsend we took the ferry across the sound to Coupeville Washington


Since I was first in line I got a front row seat watching them unload the incoming ferry


Then it was our time to load up


They load the ferry according the height and weight so we ended up in the center of the ferry 
and all the way at the front


Had to drive across Deception Pass bridge. Its only 28 feet wide and by the time you account for the walking lanes on each side of the road the traffic lanes are only 9 feet wide.  
It made for an interesting drive with  tractor trailers coming in the opposite direction.
 

Oh yeah, and it is 180 feet down to the water


Since we were staying only 20 miles away from the bridge in La Conner we were able to
come back several time and explore the area.


There is a beautiful state park here that was built back in the 1930s by President Roosevelt's CCC


With no power tools and very few trucks the Civilian Conservation Corp built many roads, bridges, national parks and building throughout the west 

There is an excellent exhibit here that talks about the CCC with many journal entries from the 
young men who were brought here from all over the country.


Having traveled as we have, we have been to many parks and natural areas that are the result of the CCC program. I hope to put together a post about the CCC at some point.


We hiked out to Lotti Point and the to Lighthouse Point and got a different view of the bridge


The pass is a busy place with tour boats and working boats coming and going.


We spent one afternoon hiking across the bridge as well as down under it.

 

We found this guy perched in a tree watching for a dinner opportunity 


This area is spectacular and beautiful and the weather has been amazing during our stay


Time to move on looking for new adventures

Make it a Great Day!!!


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