September 25, 2013 Manchester State Park, Bremmington Island, Wa

We took the bus on the ferry from Whidbey Island to Port Townsend this morning. It saves driving all the way around the sound, saves lots of miles and we don’t have to drive the bus in the city. We got there at the crack of 945 Am for the 1015 ferry, got right on. The recommend reservations, but there was not much traffic today. Good thing.

From the front seat this is driving onto the ferry. Looking down at the bus on the ferry. There are normally 3 lanes of traffic across the bay of  the ferry, but we had one and a half and an oversized semi load had the other lane and a half. Good thing there was not much traffic.  Only cost $76 to take the bus across one way.

From the front seat arriving at the ferry dock. They let us off first, we were in the front. Front row seats for the ride.  Historic downtown Port Townsend.

The bus did not start this morning. Luckily there is a back up switch that uses the house batteries to start the engine. We stopped at a car parts place, they tested the battery, it was dead, so John got a new one and installed it. He figured it died because it had a 30 month warranty and it is 31 months now. We are parked at Manchester Island state park on Bremmington Island right across the sound from Seattle. We can take the ferry free to downtown if we walk on and not take the car. Perfect for sightseeing.  This building is the torpedo storage for the Middle Sound defense. It was built in 1890 to protect the entrance to the sound. They kept land mines not torpedoes in this building and they were for putting in the bottom of the Rich Pass passage between islands here. They could detonate them when an enemy ship came by. But no enemy ships came by, so none got detonated.

View across the Rich Pass to the other island from the park. A water filled leaf. It has been raining daily here. Very damp.

I think this is Seattle across the sound  from the end of the park. The masterpiece is coming along. It is getting really fun since it is starting to look cool. I reach this point near the end of pieces when they really are coming out ok. I have 45 hours into it now. It is 9 inches tall. I was taking some artsy photos of it in the moss and ferns and discovered that I could not take a photo that didn’t look like a face.