October 2017

A short travel day today. We hitched up and headed out about 12:30. We had a leisurely drive from the fairgrounds to the ferry landing in Coupeville; obviously, the ferry wasn’t here yet:

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So we waited…

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Finally the ferry arrived and we were directed to drive on-board.

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We are traveling from the Coupeville Ferry Landing, on Whidbey Island, across to the town of Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula; we will stay in Port Townsend overnight, then explore the rain forest on the Olympic Peninsula.

Being first on-board the ferry, we were parked right up front:

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We passed by a small trailer park and spotted an Airstream, the 117th one we have seen as we have been driving this trip…

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35 minutes later we arrived at Port Townsend:

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Our campground was right in town, in conjunction with the marina:

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We walked along the shore:

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We walked through the town; it appeared to be a “real” town, with local businesses, bars, and restaurants, maritime industry, and tourist shops all cohabiting nicely. Over the shops were offices and apartments/condos. It felt much more real than previous small towns we have visited…

We opted to stay in the Villa for dinner tonight; we watched football and Happy Hours ensured; an enjoyable time was had by all…

We had a lazy morning, here in the fairgrounds campground. We used the time to do final planning for the remainder of our trip. We also communicated with other residents of the trailer park:

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Apparently, several years ago the fair folks invited kids in the community to bring in their pets; many brought pet rabbits. As could be expected, some escaped into the woods and over the years have cross-pollinated with the local gray rabbits. The fairgrounds in particular, and the whole island in general, are now overrun with rabbits of all colors. Only the gray rabbits are indigenous; all the others are the results of the great pet escape…

At noon we put together a small picnic and walked about one mile down the road to the Whidbey Island Winery. We did some tasting, then bought a bottle of nice Sangiovece to enjoy with our picnic…

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We returned to the Villa; I took a nap. At 5:00 David and Kim picked us up and we went to the Roaming Radish for dinner; this is a farm-to-table restaurant, and one of the best restaurants on the island, with very unique, chef-centric food.

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