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Fort Worden State Park

Post by Sir Henry » Tue May 18, 2021 11:03 am

I’m aboard the ferry Spokane headed for Port Townsend to buy yard art. Can you find Waldo?
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Re: Fort Worden State Park

Post by Sir Henry » Tue May 18, 2021 1:42 pm

Not exactly lawn art but I did find some nice glass. I bought three of these leaded stained glass hangers.
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Re: Fort Worden State Park

Post by JEBar » Tue May 18, 2021 4:25 pm

nice .... I've never towed a camper onto a ferry
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Post by BigAl52 » Tue May 18, 2021 7:11 pm

I have but not near the size of the Washinton Ferrys. I did cross the channel at Port Aransas with our 5er once upon a time.
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Re: Fort Worden State Park

Post by Sir Henry » Tue May 18, 2021 7:39 pm

JEBar wrote:
Tue May 18, 2021 4:25 pm
nice .... I've never towed a camper onto a ferry
I’ve owned this trailer three years and it’s already made at least a dozen crossings. I drive for 30 minutes from home to the terminal, lay down $80 and get transported into a different world in a 45 minute crossing.

Port Townsend has lots of tourist traps which I admit to being addicted to. But there is far more to the area. Fort Worden State Park is huge with miles of trails and things to see and do.

The park is almost like a small town. In the morning I’ll be able to walk over to the Commons and get a latte. Half the people in line will still be in their pajamas.

Internet service is slow. I’ll try posting pictures later in the evening.
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Re: Fort Worden State Park

Post by North Country Gal » Tue May 18, 2021 7:59 pm

Oooh! Love the glass art. Don't you dare use them for your BB targets. :)
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Re: Fort Worden State Park

Post by JEBar » Tue May 18, 2021 8:11 pm

North Country Gal wrote:
Tue May 18, 2021 7:59 pm
Oooh! Love the glass art. Don't you dare use them for your BB targets. :)
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Fort Worden State Park

Post by dave77 » Wed May 19, 2021 12:41 am

Sir Henry wrote:
Tue May 18, 2021 7:39 pm
JEBar wrote:
Tue May 18, 2021 4:25 pm
nice .... I've never towed a camper onto a ferry
I’ve owned this trailer three years and it’s already made at least a dozen crossings. I drive for 30 minutes from home to the terminal, lay down $80 and get transported into a different world in a 45 minute crossing.

Port Townsend has lots of tourist traps which I admit to being addicted to. But there is far more to the area. Fort Worden State Park is huge with miles of trails and things to see and do.

The park is almost like a small town. In the morning I’ll be able to walk over to the Commons and get a latte. Half the people in line will still be in their pajamas.

Internet service is slow. I’ll try posting pictures later in the evening.
I had a friend who stayed at some family property just outside of Port Townsend for awhile just after high school, early 70's. I drove over to see him once and I remember Port Townsend as being pretty small, downtown was not much more than one block and I don't think there were any traffic lights. I imagine it's changed a lot since then.
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Re: Fort Worden State Park

Post by John E Davies » Wed May 19, 2021 12:53 am

Be really careful if you camp further north along the Strait, we had a problem with our Verizon cell data. We were at Port Crescent and my wife’s hotspot connected to the closest strong tower which was in Canada, 12 miles away across open ocean, and she was happily surfing the Net and watching videos. Then she checked her messages and found this:

“Welcome to Canada. With TravelPass you can use talk, text and data from your domestic allowance. You'll pay $5/day only on days you use your mobile abroad. Reply YES to this message and we'll add TravelPass to your line. Without TravelPass, calls will cost $0.99/min, text $0.5 to send and $0.05 to receive and data $2.05/MB. If you need help call +1.908.559.4899.Enjoy your trip.”

We had to drive to a Verizon store in Port Angeles and haggle with the sales droid to get them to drop the nearly US$200 data charge. We were afraid to even call on our phones…. This was a few years back, the setup may be less weird and nasty now.

I really like the dry side of the Olympic Peninsula, drive up to Hurricane Ridge and take the gravel road out to Obstruction Point lookout, it is only open from “about” June thru September because of snow. It gets you away from the bus loads of tourists at the main visitor center.

Fort Worden is fun but too crowded for me, I much prefer Fort Casey on the east side. What a great place for kites…. I used to live in Mukilteo so that whole area was my back yard.

This is my Land Cruiser and my Oliver Legacy Elite 2 “Mouse” in the Kingston Ferry lot waiting to cross back to the Busy Side of Puget Sound.
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Re: Fort Worden State Park

Post by Hatchdog » Wed May 19, 2021 9:33 am

Gene, you said $80 for the car and trailer. What is the price difference for the trailer and do they charge by the foot?

John, that is an interesting looking trailer you have. Great lines, I’ll have to take a look at their website.

Only ferry I have ever crossed towing a trailer is the Keller Ferry. For those of you who aren’t in the area imagine a big barge looking unit without any enclosure other than the pilot house carrying maybe a dozen vehicles. I crossed with a 16 ft boat behind a full sized Bronco and I don’t recall if I paid extra for the boat. Probably.

We had the same problem with cellular service and the border. We have a property about five miles south and have to make sure out phones are not on roaming. Found out the hard way when we got that same $200 bill. This only happened because we had switched from Verizon to ATT. Verizon had no coverage whatsoever in the area and we were happy to find ATT did. Oops...... :lol:
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