Quickly after skirting the outer suburbs of Portland, Oregon; we crossed the border into Washington State.
Though still very leafy, the trees were changing from mostly conifer varieties to initially smaller and less visually interesting trees. Also the towns were less 'cute' and we soon were comparing Washington to Oregon unfavourably. We were keeping our eye out for a Tourist info Centre and followed a sign off the highway to 'tourist interest point'. All this got us was 'there's nothing to see around here man'...
Disappointed we headed back up the highway. We had a state map with main roads of Washington but no other info and no accom booked. Finally about 60 miles into the state we turned off to the information centre that was predominantly set up for Mt St Helen's, but they were able to give us enough info to decide to head up the west side of the Puget Sound and then cross via water ferry into Seattle.
We spent a night in City of Olympia, the Capital of the state. (as mentioned at the end of the previous blog entry)
A basic over-processed breakfast supplied by the hotel, we found this great little cafe/bar for a rare decent coffee.
From here we only had about 130 miles to travel for our planned next stop of Port Townsend. Though disappointingly overcast (apparently very normal for this part of the world) we just loved driving along the side of the Puget Sound for mile after mile.
Eventually we arrived in Port Townsend. We chose to stay in the historical centre. It was a town with many many old buildings dating back to 1860's.
With bottles of wine to consume that we had bought along the way (too much to bring into the country on our return) we decided to stay in and get a pizza. We had a great night sitting on the verandah of our hotel in the Adirondack chairs and benches provided.
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Glad it got better the further you went into Washington. Did you see any killer whales? I think they hang about in Puget sound.
Lost your file,learnt a new thing how to get it back.... .......... exciting....never too old to learn eh?...Your travels will be a bit rushed trying to see as much as possible before you catch up with Tom and ?? in San francisco. Dad's knees big improvement He 'cooked' last night for G M-M and X All well. Puget Sound is sure large, must be picturesque though. Take care Much love all
Just lost your blog with G's help able to get back ;;Learnt something new....have sent you a screed but lostit too, I hope this gets to you Perhaps too long. Puget Sound must be picturesque. Travels will be rushed before you catch up with Tom and Judy in San fran. Enjoy all much love all Ramly
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