A Good Time

This summer has been the best I have seen around Western Washington if you like hot weather.

The temperatures the highest on.record. For the second time now near one hundred depending where you are at. Seattle will be about five degrees less but still hot. The Pike Place Market welcoming visitors back. Near the Space Needle is the new arena where the expansion hockey team to the NHL will be playing beginning in October. Though construction is still happening though almost done it will be nice to see from the outside. There are other good places to see around Seattle to.

The Washington coast won't be as hot as here and Whidbey island is only going to be around 77 degrees. A cold breeze going through the area.  Canada is now open so there the city of Vancouver to visit along with Victoria on Vancouver Island. So.much to see beyond Victoria. 

Safe travels wherever you may go. 

Visit the Puyallup River

On Tuesday August 3 I took another adventure
drive this time to nearby Puyallup. Actually I
went to the river. The river goes from Tacoma
through the city of Puyallup. You take the
Puyallup exit off of I5 and go east. The river
is off to the left. This time of the year the
river is a bit muddy but is wide. The river
doesn't move a whole lot this time of the
year either. At least when you travel from
Tacoma to Puyallup.

Many people who are not from here have a hard
time pronouncing the name. I would recommend
asking someone when you come here.

The Puyallup Valley is really nice to see. Taking

the same exit take the first road at a light to the

right. Keep following the road you will come to

the valley.

Another reason to come to Puyallup is the Western

Washington fair. It takes place in September. It 

used to be only two weeks long in the middle of

the month. Now the fair goes for most of September.

The weather is nice still. There is always good fair

food well as seeing animals like horses. A country

style fair for sure. Throughout the time the fair is

open there are headline singers almost every night.

Most of them are country so you like that kind of

music Puyallup is the place to be. Also  there are

smaller acts throughout the fair as well. Music

brings good tone to the fair.

The Puyallup fairgrounds is used for other events

throughout the year as well though the "Fair" as

it is called is the main event of the year.

When  you come to Tacoma I would recommend

see Puyallup whether the city or the river. Not 

big thrills but still shouldn't miss it. There are 

other towns like Sumner and Bonney Lake nearby.

Also Puyallup is on the way to Mount Rainier too.

You can see the mountain behind the river. 

Another Adventure on Wednesday

There are so many places to see in Washington. 

I am not sure I would see every place unless I 

spent every day trying. 

We have the mountains and the ocean not 

counting rivers and lakes. Coming to 

Washington you have many choices to 

chose from. 

We have the San Juan Islands to which you 

take a ferry or chart a boat. 

On Wednesday I will go to Westport on 

the south end of Washington coast. The 

population is just under two thousand 

people however ay see a lot more during 

the summer. I will let you know. Lol

People enjoy surfing in Westport although 

there are those who like to go out fishing 

to. You can find boats for rental. I have a 

friend going to Westport to fish in a 

couple weeks.

Last Week

I went last week on what I call adventure drive. It is like adventure travel however for the day.

I went first to Quilicine a small town West after crossing over the Hood Canal Bridge. Right by Quilicine is the Ranger Station where you can by a long life pass to the National Parks. if you are a senior the cost is the same for entering a national park once however in this case case for the rest of your life. The ranger station you can see a map of the Olympic Mountain National Park.

After Quilicine I drove back going where I came however continued east to Fort Flagger. It is on Indian Island I think or right by it anyway. You go on Indian Island anyway. Fort Flagger is one of three Forts that are not working now. The other two are by Port Townsend which isn't to much farther just check the signs and the third is on Whidbey Island. 

Anyway Fort Flagger and Fort Warden by Port Townsend you can do in one day. Want to see the one on Whidbey Island you can take a ferry ride from Port Townsend. Not a long ferry ride. 

Find your adventure drive for the day.

.   Fort Flagger 

Port Orchard and Poulsbo

Two wonderful places to see on the Olympic
Peninsula are Port Orchard and Poulsbo. They
each have wonderful waterfront.

Going south from Seattle when you reach

Tacoma you see the Dome Stadium on the

right the next exit is for Bremerton and 

highway 16. After going over the Tacoma

Bridge you will go about 15 miles. You

will see two exits for Port Orchard. You 

take the first exit turn right at the first 

light. Go until you come to a light which

is Bethel. You turn left go for several

miles past several shopping coming to a

round about then go straight. Stay on 

the road which will go left. You will see

the waterfront on the right. 

You will be able to see Bremerton Bay

as well. You follow the same road that

goes back to highway 16. Stay on the

highway when it comes to Bremerton 

where you will see the Navy Shipyard

ahead then turn left to highway 3. It is

just over 20 miles to Poulsbo. Follow

the signs. You can visit a newer part

of Poulsbo or Old Poulsbo as well.

In between Bremerton and Poulsbo

there is Silverdale as well. There 

isn't really a waterfront however 

you can see what looks like a lake

as well. 

Depending how much time you can

see all this in one day if you desire.

You stay on highway 3 you go over

the Hood Canal Bridge where you 

can visit Port Townsend off to the

east and going north to Port Angeles.

Over the Hood Canal there are other

places to visit as well. When you go

onto highway 101 Port Angeles is

less then an hour. Port Angeles is

close to the Olympic Mountains.

What a wonderful area. Tell you

more about that next time. 

A good idea to get a map for the

whole area. 

Travel In Washington

I do plan to start traveling real soon, however,
I am going to write about the different places
to see around Washington state.

Most people out of Washington know about

Seattle but not much besides. We have Mt.

Rainier along with the rest of the cascades,

and the Olympic Mountains. Many nice 

places to hike for those who are interested

in.

We have the San Juan Islands which you get

to by ferry unless you have a boat to get to

as well.

My home town Gig Harbor has a wonderful

waterfront, however, there are other towns

like Port Orchard which is nearby plus Poulsbo

where you look out toward Seattle. Port Townsend

has a good waterfront as well. Port Angeles

you can view Vancouver Island. When  the

ferries are running when the border to Canada

is open.  

Both north and south well as east plus west

so good places to see. I will get into those 

places to. 

Travel Beginning

It is nice to see people are beginning to travel once again. So much getting a new passport is going to take some time.

I am right now in the planning stage to travel myself. I hope to go Canada in the fall. I most likely go to British Columbia. Like most places a lot to see.

Next year I will go to Quebec where my sister lives. Her son Ken lives in Montreal. Has been a lot of things to see.

Stay tuned because I will write about the places I will go before arriving. 

This shot I took in my car going down in Gig Harbor Washington. Looking out toward Vashon Island on the left. Only get to Vashon by boat or ferry.