May, 2021
Another set of friends arrived this afternoon, also with an Escape trailer. We love our Escape trailers. 🙂
You can see my trailer on the left edge of the photo above … then on the right edge of the photo you can see the dark truck that belongs to the friends who just arrived … and in the middle you can see the very front of the white vehicle that belongs to my friends who arrived yesterday just a few minutes after I did.
The new arrivals got parked and settled, the dog walked, etc. Before we settled down to dinners and chatting, all of us walked back out through the trees, back out along the path, and then out to the “bench” and the overlook on top of the bluff.
You can see the beginnings of warm sunset colors … the orange and pink. It was so peaceful, not a breath of wind, no noise except for the very distant chug-chug-chug of that ocean ship in the photo above … it was heading out to sea. Maybe that ship was carrying cargo from the USA to a foreign shore, or maybe it was headed home after delivering cargo here.
In the photo above, waaaaay in the distance over on the left, we could see Point Wilson on the Olympic Peninsula and we could see a portion of the town of Port Townsend. Let me zoom in for you.
The Point Wilson lighthouse is in the foreground above. The next peninsula behind that one surrounds the Port Hudson marina that’s on the northeastern edge of Port Townsend. The point on that peninsula, way over to the left in the photo above, is a great RV park, right on the edge of Puget Sound where you can watch the big ships and the little boats come and go. I’m planning on camping there one of these days!
Just about in the middle of the photo above, you can see a large white ship with a red vertical line on its bow. That’s a huge US Coast Guard ship. It is visiting the US Naval Magazine (munitions) facility on Indian Island, just across the water from Port Townsend. Every once in a while, we see US Navy submarines come to that dock.
Port Townsend is a super great, fun, historic town to visit. Ignore the Naval munitions facility if you wish, but do go spend a day in Port Townsend with its gorgeous old homes, perfectly walkable downtown area, and much more. You’ll love it.
For us however, today, this evening, we had perfect peace and quiet, not another human in sight, as we walked along the bluff over here on the Whidbey Island side of Puget Sound.
All of the photos below are looking west to the San Juan Islands with just a tiny corner of Canada in the distance. Please click on photos to enlarge them.
What a glorious ending to a perfect day.
The sunsets you have there over the Pacific Ocean are so much more beautiful than anything we have here in England. Simply spectacular.
Thank you, Henry. I suspect England has its own stunning beauty that we don’t have over here in the pacific northwest. And yet, our sunsets are stunning. Thank you. 🙂
Gorgeous sunset! Fun times with good friends.
Amen! 🙂
Gosh, three sets of friends and all of you own Escape travel trailers. They must be really great trailers. I think you said they are built in Canada? Can you tell me where, give me a link to their website? I don’t know if I can afford a brand new one, but maybe I might find a used one? I love the sunset, thank you.
The builder of Escape trailers is … Escape Trailer Industries … they are in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. One of many nice things about buying from Escape (ETI) is that they are the manufacturer AND they sell directly to the buyer/customer. There are no middle-man dealers to take their share of your money. As well, since ETI is building your trailer, you can semi custom build the trailer with lots of options including flooring, counters, cushion coverings, and many other details like solar panels, types of batteries, size of refrigerator, etc. If you are in the USA, Emily, then the exchange rate between USA dollars and Canadian dollars may be a super benefit to you. Please let me know if you have questions … happy to help. 🙂
Indeed, Escape trailers are built in Canada, in Chilliwack, British Columbia. And we, being Canadians, LOVE Escape trailers. We’re still thinking about selling our class C motorhome and switching to a travel trailer. If/when we do, it will likely be an Escape. Used Escape trailers are hard to find, they don’t stay on the market for long before they are snatched up. We’ve been chatting with the sale rep Linda there for more than a year. She is so patient. And she is excellent. Emily, we are assuming you are in the USA. If you are anywhere near the border between Canada and the USA, between British Columbia and the State of Washington, come up to Chilliwack (when the border opens) and visit the Escape Trailer Industries showroom. Or check out their website. Either way, ask for Linda.
And yes, we have the best sunsets here on the west coast. 🙂
Best wishes,
Janey
Excellent comment, Janey. My sales rep was Linda. Can’t say enough good about her. Everything that Janey says is right on. Janey, get that Escape ordered so you’ll have it for autumn sunsets in 2022. Just do it. 🙂
Just wonderful to have friends to camp with! And what a beautiful place, and that sunset! WOW! Sometimes when I am house sitting on the bluff above Lake Michigan, and it’s really still, maybe with fog, maybe at night, when there are no waves to cover the sound, I will hear a freighter’s hum before I can find it with my eyes. It’s a low throbbing that you don’t notice at first and then you realize what it is and you jump up to see if you can see it. I love those moments.
Oh yes, that sound of the distant thrum of a ship’s engines. I remember many times being anchored out in my boat in a bay on Puget Sound and either late at night or early morning came half awake just enough to be aware of that distant thrum/throb of a ship on its way out to the Pacific Ocean and to places and ports far away. Your description is perfect, Dawn. I love those moments too. Thank you.
Just today I finally finished reading ALL of your blog posts. Your photos are super, especially the sunsets. And you talk about history and people and plants and wildlife wherever you go camping. And you talk about the mechanics of towing a trailer. It’s really entertaining and educational. I especially love Little Towhee and her story too. Thank you!
Thanks, Kinny. Nice words indeed. 🙂 I do love learning about all those things … history and people and plants and wildlife … and I surely do like to share what I see and do. Little Towhee is always happy and chipper when she gets to be part of a blog post/story too. Her voice is important too!
Interesting stuff about the Coast Guard and the navy munitions depot. I checked it out online and there is the usual public information, but not really the information I wanted. How do the submarines get in there? Where do they come from? What munitions does this facility store? And what is loaded onto the subs? Etc. Yep, great sunset photos. But just that one photo of Port Townsend and the Navy facility really peeked my interest. You always share such great info, Ann, and great photos. Thank you.
Ah, the submarines. Mostly we (recreational boaters on Puget Sound) don’t see them since they stay underwater, or come in/out at night, etc. In 18 years of boating on Puget Sound, I saw one submarine once. Most boaters I know have never seen one. They come in through the Strait of Juan de Fuca from the Pacific Ocean … and then they go out again the same way. Sometimes they are accompanied by a US Navy tug, but usually not. There are a number of US Navy bases in Puget Sound where subs go to take on munitions or other supplies, or obtain maintenance or repair work. If other readers here have more detailed info about submarine munitions that you can share, please feel free to share that. Thanks Tim.