Well, I took a little solo day ride up to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Forest Sunday of Labor day weekend. I say little- I left at 9 am and got back home at 9 pm. I really had two destinations in mind. First, a brief stop at Port Townsend ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Townsend,_Washington ) and Fort Worden (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worden ) and then Hurricane Ridge before turning back to home. The total trip amounted to about 350 miles. I could try to recite the history of these places, but the Wiki donators to it so much better than I could.
I fueled up and took off with mostly just “getting there” in mind because I knew it was going to be a long day. The first thing I noticed when I reached Port Townsend was that it is much more touristy than I remembered it from years ago, so I didn’t take time to take many pictures of the town itself cause of all the people. It does have an interesting history (see link above). I really only got one worth sharing and that is at the bell tower built in 1890.
The other link above shows the history of Fort Worden, but the more recent event that many of you might remember is the filming of An Officer and a Gentlemen in the early 80’s.
In this shot, just over the hill, you can see the tops of the batteries that housed the many guns put there to protect the sound entrance. No shot was ever fired.
I left from Fort Worden and headed to Hurricane Ridge, which I had never been to even though I have lived in the area since 1973. It was a really cool place and I wish I had more time to explore some of the trails branching off from the visitors center. Would also like to spend more time in the park in general and see some of the old moss covered trees in the rain forest. That aside, here is what I did see.
A few of these happened by while I was there and it is amazing the attention they received from the tourists.
All in all a fun albeit looonng day.
As an aside, the last two trips I’ve taken into the mountains, I’ve had tourist ask if they can take pictures with my T-Bird. Both times I begrudgingly let them, somewhat worried they might touch something hot and burn themselves.
I fueled up and took off with mostly just “getting there” in mind because I knew it was going to be a long day. The first thing I noticed when I reached Port Townsend was that it is much more touristy than I remembered it from years ago, so I didn’t take time to take many pictures of the town itself cause of all the people. It does have an interesting history (see link above). I really only got one worth sharing and that is at the bell tower built in 1890.
The other link above shows the history of Fort Worden, but the more recent event that many of you might remember is the filming of An Officer and a Gentlemen in the early 80’s.
In this shot, just over the hill, you can see the tops of the batteries that housed the many guns put there to protect the sound entrance. No shot was ever fired.
I left from Fort Worden and headed to Hurricane Ridge, which I had never been to even though I have lived in the area since 1973. It was a really cool place and I wish I had more time to explore some of the trails branching off from the visitors center. Would also like to spend more time in the park in general and see some of the old moss covered trees in the rain forest. That aside, here is what I did see.
A few of these happened by while I was there and it is amazing the attention they received from the tourists.
All in all a fun albeit looonng day.
As an aside, the last two trips I’ve taken into the mountains, I’ve had tourist ask if they can take pictures with my T-Bird. Both times I begrudgingly let them, somewhat worried they might touch something hot and burn themselves.
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