#3 Fall Adventure 2022 - Washington

We are moving quickly north and entered Washington State. This trip has lots of bridges to cross, many are "historic".

 The "view" of Mount Saint Helens - yes, the one that didn't exist. They assured us that it is out there. I think next time we need to schedule the time to get closer to the actual volcano. Great memories of waiting for it to erupt. There was a trail/boardwalk into the marsh area. I'll add the plant photos at the end of the post.

Our next "campsite" was a Harvest Host at Honeysuckle Meadery,  Down a dirt road, past some school bus residences-Dean wasn't sure where I was taking him or if he wanted to go there. It was wonderful! Our campsite was nice, more blackberries to pick and the mead tasting was yummy and fun.

Yes, we brought a few of those bottles home with us. Dean, the mead maker was fun and entertaining.

Onto the Olympic Peninsula . . . Our first camp was at Fort Wardon. 

We visited the Point Wilson Lighthouse. . . . 

Explored a few of the batteries.

Walked on the beach and down to the wharf. . . . 

Vanlife

Watson loves having our undivided attention. He has one of us (and prefers both of us) within 6' almost 100% of the time. Only on his own (in the van) when we go brush our teeth. Not at all spoiled.

Connection: Our phones work well most/some of the time so we have access to phone, text, email and facebook. I'm pretty bad at the typing on a small scale. 

I bring my computer but it is about the only thing that needs an electrical connection (everything else is solar) so I don't use it much. Discovered I didn't have enough memory to download all my photos! Whoops! Got an extra card but managed to lose a few days of photos so thank goodness for the cell phone camera.

We managed to go to church one Sunday. Amazing what technology allows us to do. Small screen and minimal audio but we were there!

Our next stop was Fort Flagler. So many old forts to explore. I don't like the need for forts but they are sure a lot of fun to explore. I think it is the architecture and the decaying building aspect that appeals to me. It was interesting to see the graffiti or lack of graffiti (quite a variety) Fort Flagler was fairly clean.

Fort Worden, Fort Flagler and Fort Casey (later in the trip) formed a triangle to protect the entry to Seattle.

Our first ferry trip, from Port Angeles to Victoria, Vancouver Island, Canada. Watson is now a world traveler!

Lots of waiting for the ferry. We needed to be in line an hour ahead of time. You can see the van in the 3rd line back. Very friendly group waiting for the ferry-sort of like a block party.

Watson and I walked onto the ferry while Dean drove the van. This ferry had no elevators and Watson has been known to refuse to go up stairs. This was probably my biggest stressor for the trip-how to get Watson on and off the ferries. He was a champ though.