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. 

hey there

I am sorry I haven't posted much here,
however, I plan to post here most often.
Be sure to check my other two google
sites about lookatlifepurpose and my
sports site as well.

I hope to be able to travel around the

USA at some point this year when the

virus calms down. 

I have been some around my home

state of Washington in the past year.

All in the western half of the state.

Primarily I get to many places within

two hours of driving so I can visit 

the places in a day and go home.

Let you know you can visit me on

both instagram and facebook just

do a search for herb nightingale.

So far I have put pictures on Instagram

however planning to do so on Facebook

as well. I plan to have a group site for

everyone on both sites when I am traveling

on a regular basis. I will give you link 

here and also on my website herbnightingale.com.

You can actually view a blog of mine on 

that site as well.

Another thing I plan on doing here is to

tell a bit of the history of the places I am

visiting. I think it is a good idea people

know a bit of the places I am visiting.

Anyway thanks for visiting here and I

hope someday I will run into in some

town or city. We can sit down for coffee

or team and chat.

Thanks enjoy your travels. 

Travel in 2021

I am looking forward to do some traveling
in 2021. I hoping the vaccine will take place
soon. Until I do I will be looking to do more
traveling around my home state of Washington.

I know there will be some who won't want to

take the vaccine. I know the decision won't be

easy and everyone should have the choice to

or not to take the vaccine.

The problem though there will be those who

will make the decision for us. There is a good

chance if you want to travel especially out of

the USA or your home country. Passports or 

countries likely will require proof of taking

the vaccine.

The trouble I have with that is taking the choice

out of the hands of people. Even the bigger 

problem is some people will have trouble taking

the vaccine. Other words, they may have bad

reaction from the vaccine. Should those people

be banned from traveling.

On Tuesday this week I took a drive south down

toward Mt. Saint Helens I didn't drive all the way

to the mountain. In fact, I wasn't able to see the

mountain. Not sure whether it because it was a

cloudy day.

The visitor center near by the Toutle River was

closed. Even if it had been opened I wasn't really

impressed. I thought they would have a better 

center than that. When opened could have good

information for visitors, however, I didn't think

this would be the case.

I didn't take any pictures  in the area. I hope to

next time I go down to that area. Interstate 5 

doesn't have the exit very clear so you would

want to take exit 49 at Castle Rock then head

east. Information on my phone says it is about

1 hour 40 minute drive to Mt. Saint Helen's.

My next I am going north on highway 16 where

I live in Gig Harbor Washing for Port Angeles

Washington. It is about a 90 minute drive. I am 

planning go to Crescent Bay. I have never been

there though I have been to Port Angeles quite

a few times. 

Crescent Bay is only a few minutes West from

Port Angeles. I am told you can see Victoria 

British Columbia on a nice day. I will let you

know whether that is true. Also, you can visit

Crescent Lake which is a beautiful lake about

20 miles going west. It is near the beginning

of Olympic National Park. Nice drive going

along the lake. 

                                                 Lake Crescent