Category Archive: Port Townsend

May 01

Win The Race

sailboat race

“Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!” ~ David Copperfield by Charles Dickens Yesterday the Seattle Yacht Club had race from Seattle around Protection Island near Port Townsend.  These are some of the participants as sen from Fort Warden.

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Jan 16

Snowapocalypse and Swain’s

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The good news is that we didn’t have a snowapocalypse.   There was some snow and some rain.  Then there was more rain, but it was fine. The bad news is that the Port Townsend Swain’s is closing. I’ve written about Swains before.  It was where I went when my hair dryer died.  We got our …

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Nov 05

An Interesting Development

Reading Paper

What’s so interesting about The Man of the House reading a newspaper? Take another look at the newspaper that he’s reading. They’re selling The Wall Street Journal in our area!  As you may recall, last January we had quite an adventure trying to find a Wall Street Journal.  We looked all over the Olympic Peninsula …

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Sep 11

Wooden Boat Festival

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This weekend is Port Townsend’s Wooden Boat Festival.  There are activities, a crafts fair and boats galore!

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May 22

Tall Ships in Port Townsend

Tall Ships

The Lady Washington and the Hawaiian Chieftain are in Port Townsend.  On Thursday we toured the Lady Washington.  Today we watched from shore while the ships engaged in a mock battle.

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