Trip to Port Townsend

Ally's 5th/6th grade class took a trip to Pt. Townsend last week. Her teacher likes to take a camping trip in the fall to work on bonding and team building for the kids. We could not have asked for better weather. As you can see, the views were spectacular! We stayed in old army barracks, toured the old gun batterys and went on a whale watching excursion. Sadly, we did not see whales, but fun was had by all. The boat ride around the San Juan Islands was beautiful and we got to spend a couple of hours at Friday Harbor. I enjoyed myself, even though we did not get much sleep!




This is Fort Flagler where we stayed. Our barracks is the one in the far distance. The view was great!!


Ally with her friends Kendra and Lizzie....waiting for the tour of Fort Flagler.


This was the view from outside our barracks....Sunrise one morning! Truly magnificent! We praise our Lord for this awesome creation!

This is one of the old gun batterys....they had to bring cement in from Belgium! This fort was never officially used for defense. Just a lot of training there. Guess it did it's job of protecting these waterways.




The only sea life we saw while on the boat ride were seals and sea lions....they love to bask in the sun!!!


Ally was nervous at first about the boat ride....but calmed down quickly and then loved it! It was a beautiful day!!


Our boat leaving Friday Harbor!


The boat captain took us around the San Juans....this is a view of the bridge at Deception Pass....one of Steve's favorite places!!

Picture of the class outside the barracks....we had a great trip!!