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Sunday August 28, 2005 9:45 A.M. Heading To Port Angeles
The second day in Washington Steve planned to visit Hurricane Ridge in Port Angeles. Before we drove out of the neighborhood, Steve drove to the pier for me to take a morning picture. Oh, by the way, Steve's neighborhood is next to the highway.
We drove Northbound U.S. Highway 101 from Lilliwaup to Port Angeles. Steve installed a six CD changer in the trunk of his VB Bug where he put six classical rock CDs. The first CD we listened was Fleetwood Mac "The Dance." Great choice such that I purchased the CD when I came back home, and when I listen to the CD today, I remind myself of the drive to Port Angeles.
The drive reminded me of driving from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon in Arizona and driving from San Jose to Reno—at least the mountains and forest part. There were lots of grey clouds. We wondered if it was going to rain in Port Angeles for which if it did, the Olympic Mountains could not be seen from Hurricane Ridge.
For breakfast, we stopped by Loggers Landing in Quilcene. There was a bookshelf where people could pick up a book to read or take a book from the shelf in exchange for giving a book to the shelf. The tables and chairs looked like they came from a computer company in the 1970s. Steve told me he met a lot of people from California who moved to Washington. With the thought in my mind, I correctly guessed the waitress and the cook were from California just by the way they talk, and I think they are husband and wife.
Steve ordered the pancake breakfast and I ordered the sausage and eggs meal. The pancake Steve ate was as big as the plate. A very big piece of pancake indeed Steve said. Like the roadside dinner yesterday, the food was another reminder of the good'ol true restaurants that served real restaurant food without today's concern for eating healthy *__*
Sunday August 28, 2005 11:30 A.M. Ahead of Schedule, We Arrived at Port Townsend
We turned off Northbound U.S. Highway 101 and drove Eastbound Washington Highway 20 to Port Townsend. We drove by the U.S. Coast Guard Point Wilson Light which is a light tower. There were motorhomes and campers nearby. And we quickly drove by Old Fort Townsend. If I remember correctly, the fort was there to protect the Americans from the British who occupied Canada a long time ago 0:-)
After the brief drive around the peaceful neighborhood that reminded me of Santa Barbara, we stopped at downtown Port Townsend to visit a few shops and used bookstores. The first store we entered, a used book store selling old and rare books, I heard the radio which announced Hurricane Katrina as a Category 5 heading to New Orleans, and people who could not leave New Orleans had to seek shelter in the Superdome. The best description of downtown Port Townsend is a city still in the 1920s with early 1920s architecture—stores on the first floor and apartments on the second floor with the looks of the 1920s.
Sunday August 28, 2005 1:30 P.M. We Arrived at a Rainy Port Angeles
I want to make a minor, trivial comment. During the drive to Port Angeles, there are signaled intersections with the simplest signal lights I have ever seen; for example, the common signal is three lights on a "hanger" and the Don't Walk signal: one for the left turn and two for going straight, and the hanger is a straight line, not curved whatsoever. AND THERE ARE NO POTHOLES!! NONE!! In San Jose, the lights get complex regardless of how busy an intersection is. When I was a kid, I loved signal lights such that I drew intersections with signal lights on paper :-)
Before we checked in the hotel, we shopped around downtown. The CD we were listening was Jimi Henderx. Unfortunately, downtown was deserted with few shops open. We choose to visit Hurricane Ridge even though Port Angeles rained like it was winter. Along the way listening to The Beatles "Yellow Submarine" on the two lane road, I took two pictures of two deer on the road. It was the first time I saw deer on a mountain road. We arrived in Hurricane Ridge and guessed correctly. There was nothing to see because of the rain and the clouds covering Olympic Mountains. It was like fog. I purchased three magnets of Hurricane Ridge for souvenirs at the gift shop.
We ate at Jack In The Box for a late lunch around 4:30 P.M. Because of the rain and Downtown Port Angeles felt deserted with few shops open, we headed to 7 Cedars Casino, an Indian Casino. It was my first time in an Indian casino. The casino is small which did have a $2-$4 limit poker table and bingo, and there was a good turnout according to Steve who visits Indian casinos occasionally (right Steve? XD). I lost $20.00 playing craps. The craps table was cold. We ate dinner at the casino. I ordered the Prime Rib and Steve ordered the Salmon. When I walked to the bathroom, I looked at the televisions showing Hurricane Katrina getting closer to New Orleans. I learned Indian casinos don't charge tax for food and goods because the casino is in Indian land and not part of the government.
Along the way back to the hotel, I took pictures of rainbows and the sunset. We arrived back at Port Angeles and acquired information that the first ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria, British Columbia leaves at 8:15 A.M. such that we had to wake up at 5:30 A.M. to make sure we got on the first ferry. Then we visited Bank of America for which I needed to withdraw some cash. The ATM didn't accept my card. I called 24 hour support and Bank of America said there was nothing wrong with my account. I planned to try again tomorrow morning after we got the ferry ticket. When we arrived back at the hotel, Steve watched "Return of the Jedi," his favorite Star Wars out of the six movies. We went to bed around 10:00 P.M.
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