Trip to Port Townsend

The first part of October, I went to Port Townsend, Washington for a week. I drove up there with sister Cheryl, (19 hour drive which we did in one day!) My parents were also there, they made the trip in 2 days, and had arrived at the condo earlier in the day.

Here are a few highlights of the trip, even though it is now in the past.

Miner's in Yakima, Washington!

We stopped here at the recommendation of a good friend who grew up in nearby Richland. The food was so good, we stopped here again on our way home!

The famous Miner's burger. Tasty indeed!

Kala Point, a few miles south of Port Townsend. This is where the condo we stayed at was located. It was beautiful. Lots of pine & green.



This was our view a short walk from the condo - Port Townsend Bay


The area was thick with black berry bushes.

We went to a Farmers Market in Sequim (pronounced Squim). Found out that there are a lot of lavender farms in the area. This is one that we visited:


At Fort Worden, we learned about tsunami's:


All road trips with me include stops at every quilt shop:

Quilted Strait - Port Angeles, WA

I bought the patterns to make these two quilts at the Quilted Strait:




Heirloom Quilts & Fabrics - Poulsbo, Washington


Material Girls Quilt Shop - Silverdale, Washington


Creative Union Fabrics - Port Townsend (just over a mile from our condo)

Other fun shopping:

Next to the Quilted Strait in Port Angeles is "Bay Variety". We got such a kick out of wandering around this store. It was just like Kings Variety in Rexburg, ID (where I grew up) - 40 years ago.



Remember the old time shopping baskets?


It must be fall! Toyland is open!


Isles full of treasures & trash

I wanted to drive over to Forks, Washington, just to be able to say "been there, done that!"

The Forks Timber Museum. Before those silly vampire novels by Stephenie Meyer, this was probably the highlight of the town.


Now, "Twlight" is what keeps the town alive.


There were references to "Twlight" everywhere!

Poulsbo, Washington (also known as "Little Norway") was another fun town we visited.
Sluys' Bakery was a good stop for some treats.


Cheryl and I bought a Gurglepot at another shop in town. They really do gurgle!
(click on the link to see & hear)

This is the Port Townsend Paper Mill

Little did we know when we stopped to take pictures that it is a secure area because of it's port location. (think Homeland Security) A guard approached Cheryl and let her know he could call the sheriff on us, because we were taking pictures. She talked to him & calmed him down - he even let us keep the pictures on our camera's and didn't make us delete them.

Our last nite in Port Townsend, we went out to eat. We were looking for clam chowder. Decided to eat here at Sea J's,Cafe even though they only served clam chowder on Friday (the next day). Their fish & chips were delicious. Plus it was fun to watch & listen to the locals.


I worked on the blocks for Kimball's green & black pinwheel quilt while I was there, and accomplished quite a bit during the week:


On our way home, we stopped in Richland for gas. I looked up the LDS temple on the GPS and found that it was only about 3 miles from where we were, so we drove over to see that before leaving town. Smaller temple, sits right next to the stake center. Beautiful as they all are!

Columbia River Washington Temple - Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

We took two days to drive home. It was a long two days. But well worth the memories & fun times we had!