Fort Worden

We spent the last few days in Washington state visiting our much missed families. Usually it is cold and raining when we are up there but we were treated to perfect weather! On our 2nd day there, we visited Fort Worden State Park in the beautiful and quaint town of Port Townsend. Fort Worden is 1 of 3 forts built in the 1890's on the Admiralty Inlet. These 3 forts formed the "Triangle of Fire" to protect against sea invasions. You can see our visit to one of the other forts, Fort Casey, here.

Fort Worden State Park rock, Port Townsend, Washington

It almost seems like a visit to Washington isn't complete without a ferry so we rode the Coupeville-Port Townsend ferry. We even got to see a sea otter on the way there!

Just outside the ferry landing:
Coupeville Ferry Landing, Washington

Leonids at the Coupeville Ferry Landing, Washington

Leonids at the Coupeville Ferry Landing, Washington

Family on Coupeville Ferry front, Washington
Where my handsome husband inherited his good looks. =D

Leonids on the Coupeville Ferry front, Washington

The fort is built within the ground and hills. When viewed from a distance on the water, you would not be able to tell there are armaments hiding. It's just a little sneaky...

Coast, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Interior of Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Dark hallway interior of Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
Make sure to bring flashlights as there are plenty of dark (and dank) hallways to walk through. It's a little creepy actually...

Interior of Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Dark hallway interior of building at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Dark hallway interior building of Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Dark hallway interior building of Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
Boo!

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

battery command post at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Battery command post at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Battery Command Post photograph, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Abandoned battery building, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Abandoned battery building, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
This battery doubles as a cinder-block home... Looks like we're back in Tucson.

Point Wilson Lighthouse, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
Point Wilson Lighthouse

Point Wilson Lighthouse, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Point Wilson Lighthouse, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Point Wilson Lighthouse, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

After exploring the fort, we drove around to look at the buildings.  A lot of them have been converted into rent-able vacation houses. We were told that the waiting list is usually booked about a year out.

Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
Coast Artillery Museum (1 of 2 museums at Fort Worden)

16 SCG Missile head at Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
I am smaller than a missile head --this one has a reach of 25 miles!

Leonids 16 SCG Missile head, Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Ship replica model at Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Japanese 7.7mm machine gun at Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
Japanese 7.7mm Machine Gun

War bonds, Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

German propaganda leaflets dropped on American positions during WWII Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
German propaganda leaflets dropped onto American positions... Don't you think getting these dropped on top of you would spur you into harder action instead of scaring you?

Machine gun at Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
German machine gun

The Fourth Liberty Union newspaper ad at Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

Baracks recreation at Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington
Barracks recreation

Drinking Water containers at Coast Artillery Museum, Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, Washington

After Fort Worden, we lunched and shopped in downtown Port Townsend. It is such a quaint area --perfect for retirement.

We also stopped by Deception Pass Bridge on Whidbey Island on the way home:

Deception Pass rock, Washington

Deception Pass Bridge, Whidbey Island, Washington

Deception Pass Bridge, Whidbey Island, Washington

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