The weather gods were obviously pleased with the Jensen clan, thus ordering up pleasant weather for a camping trip to Ft. Flagler state park last weekend.Allow me to insert a 10 second bite of history: Ft Flagler, east of Pt Townsend, is one of three forts established in the late 1890's to guard the nautical entrance to the Puget Sound. The fort closed in 1953 and was purchased by the state in 1955.
The majority of our clan stayed in their tents in the campground area. The Howard's rented an NCO house, circa 1903, because #1, Glynn does not sleep in tents and #2, Nick and Courtney were not interested in tenting it with a non-walking 13-month old.
The house is located on a bluff overlooking the water. Early morning found me sitting on the front porch soaking in sounds of silence broken only by the twittering of birds and the lap of gentle waves on shore.
3 generations, relaxing.The park contains underground bunkers and armaments ready to explore. It's a great place to exercise one's imagination muscle. Ghosts likely haunt the nooks and crannies after dark....
The beach was glorious. Plenty of driftwood, shells and rocks for beach combing.
Dirty campsite feet. Thankfully, we had a clawfoot bathtub to wash off the residue of the day.
Mr Clean - how does he manage to stay pristine even when camping?
The beach was glorious. Plenty of driftwood, shells and rocks for beach combing.
Dirty campsite feet. Thankfully, we had a clawfoot bathtub to wash off the residue of the day.
Mr Clean - how does he manage to stay pristine even when camping?
Enjoyed all the pcitures except the foot one. Gross Sue, Gross!
ReplyDeleteWonderful! I've lost count of the number of times we've climbed through those bunkers. We love it!
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