While visiting Vashon Island we took a Sunday day trip to Port Townsend.
It was a beautiful, sunny and mild morning for the drive and then lovely at the Point Wilson Beach. We day toured in Port Townsend after lunch at the very good Khu Larb Thai restaurant. The town seems to be in transition from supporting shipping and boating industry to tourism. There is a mill south of town that employs quite a few folks but gets pretty bad press from tourists for the smell and pollution it generates. The down town is loaded with 'cute' shops and no so bad restaurants. The regular passenger ferry was discontinued and replaced by a smaller version of passenger ferry. This 'passenger ferry' link gives you the reaction
s of the locals. Regular service is right around the corner.In order to get to the Kitsap Peninsula and head north to Port Townsend you need to take the ferry from Vashon to Southworth – the Vasonites refer to it as “Southworthless” and the folks at Southworth for to the folks at Vashon as “Vasholes.”
Not a lot of nuance between the two ferry stops and a bit of at least ‘non-respect.’ Regardless the view of the Olympics to the west in the morning light is pretty astounding.
The town of Port Townsend relies primarily on supporting seafaring – commercial and pleasure, a paper mill to the south of own and tourism. While the old town ‘front street’ is pretty busy there are some places left empty.
