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The first time I ever stayed at a Bed & Breakfast was in Port Townsend. In the early 1980s, it was a getaway for Seattlites. There was an excellent restaurant on the water somewhere that I went to on several occasions. What I remember the most was Fort Worden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie An Officer and a Gentleman<\/em> came out in 1981 and featured scenes from town and the fort. I had a massive crush on Debra Winger. Port Townsend seemed to increase in popularity over the years, so I thought I would check it out. Plus, I scored a great RV spot at the Marina near downtown. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Room with a view!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We set up the Excellent Adventure. We finally got a site with a killer view! We headed into town. Then it started to drizzle.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Drizzle<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Fort Worden<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We woke early to the sound of drizzle. If I learned anything from the nearly eight years I spent here, it was to ignore the rain. It made for some dramatic skies as we explored the beach and lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fort Worden State Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

I spotted an Eagle up high in a tree. Resting from the morning hunt? Trying to get out of the drizzle?<\/p>\n\n\n

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Later we hiked up to an old military installation in the fort. Some big guns were perched here in the late 1800s. Like the fort we saw in Maine last Fall – it never saw any action.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fort Worden State Park<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The view from the cliffs where the guns were placed was stunning. You could see across the whole range of the mouth to the Puget Sound. <\/p>\n\n\n\n