Port Townsend - part 2

More pictures from Port Townsend trip - this is the day we went on the whale watching tour. We saw a few gray whales, California sea lions, and Steller sea lions (pictured last). My new binocoluars were pretty sweet too.

Puget Sound from Carkeek Park

A few pictures from our visit last weekend to Carkeek Park, which overlooks Puget Sound. People were out windsurfing/parasurfing/kitesurfing (not sure?), and it looked pretty fun despite the freezing cold water. The hazy mountains in the distance were gorgeous; it's hard to believe how geographically beautiful it is here.

Whidbey Island hike

Saturday we hiked ~5 miles of bluff and beach on Whidbey Island. It was a gorgeous day and an insanely scenic hike. Fort Casey, a decommissioned naval fort, is also on the island so we wandered around its bunkers and cannon turrets for bit as well. I collected a handful of awesome rocks from the beach -- I've never seen a beach that had such a huge variety of rock types and colors.
[more photos]

park, markets, and downtown

Part of a giant 'henry' mural on a house near our place.


Fossils and minerals for sale at the Fremont Sunday Market.


Puget Sound as seen from Carkeek Park.


A strange hut in Carkeek Park.


Inside.


A stoic balloon man at Pike Place Market. If only he could be as joyful as his balloons.


Waiting for a lunch table at Matt's at the Market.




Fossils for sale at Agate Designs downtown.






Some cool street art on a the wall of an old brick pathway in the market (leading down to Post Alley.)



Lastly, a video of the Donut Robot Mark II in action at Daily Dozen Doughnut Company in Pike Place Market. Look at that thing go!

As always, more images in my Flickr photostream.

Discovery Park

This weekend we walked through Discovery Park, which is only a few miles from our house. It juts out into Puget Sound and contains forests, meadows, hills, old abandoned stables and houses, and rocky shorelines. The coolest thing we saw there was probably a group of wild otters playing off of the shore.

We are still waiting on the claims inspector from the van line to come visit our place and look at the objects we've claimed were damaged. Once that happens we can finally repair and sell some things and finish setting up our office and the downstairs guest bedroom.

As always, you can see more pictures in my photostream.