Originally posted by stevebrot Oh, man...you're killing me! I grew up in the Seattle area and lived for several years in Bremerton and Pt. Angeles. I really miss the ferries and the Hood Canal and the Olympics and all that good stuff.
...on second thought, that second one looks more like it was taken in my neck of the woods (Columbia Gorge)...
Steve
Two great spots that look great together.
Yup - the second is at Cape Horn on the WA side of the gorge looking East. We were down in Hood River last week.
The first is a ferry ride over to Bremerton - we always (when time permits, beginning in the past year or two) take the ferry over and then head down through Shelton to Olympia. I just can't deal with the Everett-Tacoma I-5 tunnel anymore. Quite often, depending when we time it, it takes scant little more time to do that - plus you get a ferry ride and a drive through the west side small towns rather than staring at taillights being angry.
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And I know what you mean. We're very, very seriously considering a move to Hood River (I was interviewing there last week) but just taking the drive the way we did made both my lady and I think "hmmmm" can we really leave this? Had we taken I-5 though we'd have said "dear lord when can we leave this?".
Port Townsend is on the short-list as well, but we both like our winter sports and it's a chore to get to good snow from Pt Townsend.