This is a large city park located in Gig Harbor, Washington. It is owned by Pen Met Parks, the regional parks authority for Gig Harbor area. This is a well maintained and visited park, and is the biggest Pen Met owns. This is also where the headquarters are based, so it is in essence the …
Penrose Point State Park
This is a state park located on the Key Peninsula near Gig Harbor, Washington. It includes a day use area and campground, but I only pictured the day use area. I went out here one afternoon to take a dog for a walk somewhere new along with try out one of my older cameras I …
Millersilvania State Park
This is a state park located just south of Olympia, Washington. We came here just as state parks were opening back up in June, 2020. Originally, this trip was going to be to Fort Casey State Park, but since it had not reopened yet, we rescheduled down to this park instead. We had been to …
Bridges around Gig Harbor
This post was where I took a few hours and snapped a few pictures of the Fox Island Bridge and Narrows Bridge. I took these right before the Coronavirus shutdown in March 2020 (Washington state would close down in a matter of hours), so I did it at the perfect and not so perfect time.
Day Trip to Fort Worden and For Casey State Parks
This was a day trip to Fort Worden State Park in Port Townsend, and Fort Casey State Park on Whidbey Island. We really explored Fort Worden, but since we kind of got up there late (didn’t arrive till 1pm), we only had an hour at Fort Casey before it got dark and we had to …
Leavenworth, Washington
This trip was a Christmas present to the rest of my family. We went over the weekend after Christmas, when all of the lights and everything were still up. We use to do the lighting in early December, but have not made the trip for a few years now. They keep them up at least …
Belfair State Park
This state park is located just outside of Belfair, Washington, and is located on the east side of the southern end of Hood Canal. We stayed the weekend at this park, and I got a few pictures of the changing fall colors with it being the middle to end of October when we stayed here. …
USS Turner Joy Museum
This is an old destroyer ship that has been turned into a floating museum located in Bremerton, Washington. It is well worth the trip out, and like a few other of the things posted on this website, I have been here a few times. It is a really well put together museum, showing you what …
Potlach State Park
This is a state park located near the southern end of Hood Canal, just about five minutes south of Hoodsport, Washington. It is a small state park, is not the best or worst maintained park, but is good enough for staying there. We stayed here early September, after Labor Day weekend. The park was not …
Manchester State Park
This is a state park located near Port Orchard, Washington. I stayed here one midweek night near the end of August, and has been a park I have been hoping to stay again at. It is an old base that along with Fort Ward on Banbridge Island, which is located directly across the water from …