Waking up with a good book while waiting for breakfast.
Really - how sweet are these kids?!
We left our great spot at the Fort Flagler dock and headed across the bay to Port Townsend. We had brought the Whaler for explorations and the dinghy for getting to shore - so we made quite a parade as we headed out.
It was pretty gray when we anchored right off downtown Port Townsend.
But the kids still enjoyed going ashore and stretching their legs at the playground. Following that, we split up for lunch (because really - who would want to host all 10 of us?!) and a lovely walking tour of the quaint downtown. Meg and I were happy to find a bookstore and we each picked up new titles to dive into during the trip.
Meg and I walked with the strollers to Fort Worden while the guys took the older kids on the Whaler and met us there. We encountered this adorable fawn and its mother on our way.
The view of Fort Worden from the bluff. There were three forts set up at the turn of the century to guard the entrance to Hood Canal and Puget Sound: Fort Flagler, Fort Worden and Fort Casey. So on this trip we'd see two of them. Meg joked that if we had gone over to Whidbey Island's Fort Casey we could have titled our vacation a "Tour De Forts" ha ha! But it was really neat to get in touch with that part of history and the kids loved exploring the bunkers (you can walk all through them if you bring a flashlight).
Sibling love.
Up on the bluff - ferry in the background.
I love this one of the kids at the point.
Happy Reed before he went bonkers and made it super difficult to walk back to the boat. We had the pleasure of welcoming Nick and Lacey to the boat for cocktails after dinner - so fun!
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