Port Townsend Ferry - Fort Worden State Park - Historic Downtown

[@bonnieuptree5691]

First time I was in Port Townsend, I walked from a hitchhiked ride a little South of Town. As I rounded a bend going down the hill, I had a MAGNIFICENT View of Puget Sound. The blue water sparkling in the sunshine, the Salt Air, the boat docks, the old buildings down below,.....It was ENCHANTING.

[@momsvancrazyjourney4443]

My family had a family reunion at Fort Worden in 1976, celebrating my grandparent's 40th and my great grandparents 60th wedding anniversaries and there were 100 of us that spent the weekend in those barracks. Thanks for the memories

[@guysmith3996]

When I was in the Navy during the 80s I used to come here to party. After I got off work Friday afternoon I would hop the ferry. In Port Townsend there was a restaurant/bar called the Sea Galley. I was kind of a groupie to the duet called Femme Fatale. I initially met them in Oak Harbor. This was in essence my exercise program. Never had a shortage of regular dance partners at the Sea Galley. Good times.

[@steenowens1518]

You've got to remember that we locals consider 60 degrees to be a warm day. The first time it hits 55 in the spring you'll see lots of folks in shorts and no shirt. I'm one of those who could never survive the temps in AZ!

[@carolmoffett1360]

Been on that Port Townsend ferry many times with our 45ft motorhome on our way to, not Fort Warden, but rather Fort Flagler!

[@michaeldeal1625]

Russ, you ask how those guys can stand being outside on the ferry in that cold? Well for one thing, they're probably not from southwestern Arizona. hehehe

[@comeconcon569]

The snow-capped mountain you saw in the distance from Port Townsend is Mt Baker.

[@margaretbowen867]

You should get another doggie. They are the best companions on a trip.

[@vernwallen4246]

That entire northwest Washington from Port Angeles down too Tacoma is a sightseers paradise.Been there done that.🗽🗽👍👍⚓⚓

[@theroadwedrove3288]

Hi following your Washington Hi-line videos! We're taking this trip in June only west to east - your videos are very helpful in planning our trip.

[@timfeeley714-25]

While you are riding the ferry, you are technically on the state highway. At 14:49 Mt. Baker, it (Artist Point) is where all the outdoor and hunting scenes for the movie The Deer Hunter were filmed. MT. Shuksan reflecting in Picture lake on the way up is one of the most beautiful scenes in the world!

[@janebray9392]

Russ, hot on Vancouver Island Canada is 80!! And that only lasts a week, our big heat wave🤣😂😍🇨🇦♥️🇺🇲‼️

[@steveshortridge6255]

I like those ferry rides

[@scottbridge9391]

Wow... good video!! Port Townsend is a Victorian seaport. PT gets only half the rain that Seattle does. Many times, it'll be dark, wet, and cold in Seattle, but warm, dry, and sunny up in PT. PT has the worst traffic of any small city in WA State. I'm amazed you were able to get around as easily as you did. A good strategy to get around the traffic is to park your vehicle in the Jefferson Transit Park and Ride, purchase a day pass, and take the Jefferson Transit buses to get around town. This works best on a weekday. Let the JT driver worry about the traffic. The movie An Officer And A Gentleman was filmed at Fort Worden. There's an excellent food coop by the 11:44 minute mark in your video, a great place to get a good meal, and to pick up food for later. Highway 20 continues south of PT and runs into Hwy 101 at Discovery Bay, marking the west end of Hwy 20. The next time you're at PT, head to the Historic red bell tower that overlooks downtown PT. What a VIEW!!! And the Uptown District has lots of old Victorian houses and buildings to enjoy.

[@Tatiacha]

Having been to all these places growing up in Seattle, one of the downsides of modern wide angle cameras and phones it is makes the mountains look tiny when they actually loom large over the Puget Sound and they kind of flatten out everything. It is even more beautiful in person!

[@kimberlyshalaby1134]

🙋‍♀️Hello Russ! I loved the Ferry ride! A really beautiful day! I didn't realize just how huge "the beast"was until I saw it on the Ferry next to other vehicles. That is a nice size, & roomy! Still looks sleek! I hope you are able to get a good night's rest. See you bright & early. 👍

[@peacenow4456]

Looks like Presidio in San Francisco, beautiful which is now a park too.

[@akashazza9994]

Your in my home state. Just did Dosewallip State Park, the Dungeness Spit and the Scenic Beach State Park. Hope you enjoy Washington.☺️ Not many dolphins here, but sometimes whale's.🤣

[@savvon420]

fair amount of porpoise if your lucky you can see a pack going across the bridge from port townsend over to pa/po

[@akashazza9994]

@@savvon420 Nice. Thanks for sharing.

[@pl5861]

What I like best about your videos is that your camera view is past the hood. When I watch your videos full screen on my 17" laptop it's just like looking through my motorcycle helmet as if I were there. Keep up the great work and thank you so much. I'm on the east coast and your travel to the places I would go if I could.

[@EDrmmer]

I work on the Washington State Ferries. Thank you for the well taken videos. If you are ever up here again, let me know, I would love to ride with you two for a few miles!

[@savvon420]

THank you for all the work you and youre crew does!

[@susanweinstein93]

I grew up in Port Townsend in the 70s and 80s. I spent many a day at the fort. I live in Port Angeles now

[@newengland2352]

I like ferry rides took one on Lake Champlain several years ago, great views.😊

[@kerryjacobson5465]

I lived up in that neck of the woods, back in the 70s. The Bremerton, Silverdale and Port Orchard areas. I miss the trees and wild blackberries.

[@duckiegirl58]

A baby sized ferry! Oodles of fun riding the waves when an aircraft carrier cuts across your bow! We go up to Port Townsend all the time! Love it! There isn't an alternative when you're riding to get to the Olympic Peninsula and the coast or the Kitsap Peninsula where we are.

[@jesscarey7666]

Very cool Russ! Would like to travel out that way someday! Thx👍

[@escotthollingsworth6074]

Thanks for the ferry ride, Russ. First time I've been on one of those. Great ride..again, thanks.

[@patricestar6510]

YOU ARE GOING OVER TO WHERE I LIVE....THE BEAUTIFUL OLYMPIC PENNISULA.... HI TO YOU AS YOU GO THROUGH QUILCENE!! 😀

[@ronaldclark2624]

Nice video, thank you! Been there, done that! We lived across the floating bridge in Keyport! Ron PTL USA

[@kpineapple4]

Thanks again Russ... 🍍🍍

[@cynthiaclark9083]

*A San Juan Islands Summer Ferry Cruise, with no particular Destination, is a Mind-Body-Soul-Cleansing Vacation all in itself. Start at AnaCortes and pick an Island to explore. Be sure to fill-up on gas before exploring small islands with no fuel service. And remember to include British Columbia’s Vancouver Island on one of your journeys.*

[@ArtisticImpressionsbyBobRouth]

Great trip your taking us on. I live here.. on Whidbey Island. Im sharing this with everyone I can. You are an artist Russ.

[@kinglsevenseas]

Hey. Did you know that the movie An officer and gentlemen was shot there at the state park fort worden wa. We have camped there many times. One of our fav parks. Also you passed a motel as you passed through the front road was also used in the movie

[@toy4x4nj]

I was thinking the same thing when i saw the buildings.

[@savvon420]

i think upwards to 20 movies have been filmed in and around port townsend always love seeing a familiar area and then finding outit was filmed in said location

[@elainecleaver2941]

65 degrees is our summer we start wearing shorts. Love riding the ferries, I go out of my way to ride from Seattle to Bremerton. The best is to go from Seattle to Victoria, 4 hours up, 4 hours there or stay nite. Then a 4 hour ride back. Very peaceful. Saw pods of whale.

[@deborahabercrombie9461]

hey man this is about as warm as it gets here you just get used to it.

[@startrekfangirl]

Your laugh makes me chuckle cause it reminds me of Jeff Goldblum in Jurassic Park.

[@bonnieerickson8567]

The building at the end of the pier by Port Townsend is a Marine Science and Education Center.

[@michaelelmore5103]

Hey Russ, really enjoying these videos! Thanks for taking us along! Washington is a beautiful state! Take Care and don't go biting off more than you can chew in a day! 👍😃

[@jasminegremling8332]

beautiful

[@gregprince2523]

Absolutely stunning scenery Russ!!

[@gottfriedstutz1428]

Hi Russ ! Wonderful video, every day. Thanks !!!

[@janeforever]

Love ferries. Reminds me of Galveston ferry when I was a kid in TX. You get used to the cold...its like living on the Northern CA coast & the Pacific. In Monterey area we get N, W, & NW winds usually blowing those Pacific breezes at us & some are pretty cold. It's common to see people with sweaters or jackets on & still wearing their shorts or cutoffs. & Guess that cold for you🥶 would be like the heat for them🥵 Also loved seeing the tall trees in the Ft Worden St Pk-windswept from all the ocean breezes. Wonder if it blows all the time there or intermittently like when a front comes thru. Noticed some slight swells/whitecaps when you were on the ferry. Just loved this video & all the beauty in it & the old buildings & architecture.

[@larryolesen1723]

Hello Russ, I really believe you do need a puppy partner, Thank you for sharing your ride on the ferry, I can't remember when I rode this ferry, I do know it has been years. And Thank you for sharing about the Elks parks, will definitely have to look into it. Tane Care Russ Watching all the Virtual Vacation 2020 all the way back to Arizona...

[@shirleyjordan6340]

Hay Russ, I am have to play catch-up. I got delayed by Hurricane Sally. No power for 5 days. I missed seeing your videos. I am catching up and enjoying it. Be safe!

[@BipolarBear777]

Cool ferry name, I live in Finley attached to Kennewick.. 😊

[@johneason6540]

That's a nice ferry, i have been in it before, Fun!!!

[@375santa]

Waoo! Been there 9yrs ago. Stayed at Tounsend Inn run by Korean couple.

[@rosec8622]

Nice ferry ride ..... enjoyed this one too! Thanks Russ for your RVerTV Virtual Vacation Tour 2020 🏞⛴🌟🌤😊😀🎈🌻🥀🌲😎💫💥🤗🌺

[@timbarnett3898]

Last time I was here I took my jet boat salmon fishing, with great success in the school. Then they all were gone on the tide, with nothing. So we cooked fresh salmon on grill, Mmm!

[@jameslyons1624]

Yay first ferry ride for me

[@markwilder3606]

Such a beautiful area! Thanks for the ride!

[@larryingerson8357]

Ft warden is a cool place to camp especially during a storm

[@fredsmith1240]

Believe scenes filmed in the movie Officer and a Gentleman were at Fort Worden back in 1981, cool!

[@savvon420]

yep weve had quite a bit of films in and around pt a few at fort worden speciically and the bunkers one recent was the house october buitlt 2 or something along those lines

[@mikegainer8288]

Hi from Portland Oregon.

[@Oyares5360]

That was a fun ferry ride!! I'm loving all the places you have stopped along the way. Onward Virtual Vacation 2020!

[@joycebarnett5813]

This was another great video. The water is pretty spectacular. The ferry ride was fun. Thanks for sharing this journey with me. Really helps days when the smoke here in Colorado is so bad that we need to stay inside. Stay safe and happy adventuring

[@indigowolf556]

When I first saw this I thought you were going from Port Townsend to Whidbey Island. But it was just the reverse. And if you did this just a day ago you got the best day to go right after the fires and smoke had gone and we actually had some sun. Glad you enjoyed our little town but not so little anymore and definitely not the same as it used to be. If you make another video you should do some other places and do something on that. Like the little tours over by the lighthouse or maybe the trails you can go onto over in Port Ludlow lots of little Trails like the Larry Scott Trail and things that would be interesting for people to see

[@derekjohnson77]

Very enjoyable video, but you missed a big detail... Fort Worden was where they filmed An Officer and a Gentleman

[@firebirdlover77]

..Howdy Russ, from South Texas! Happy to be Traveling with Ya. I just Love Beautiful Mountains, Pines, Rivers. Lakes, Creeks..Love Snow, Too. Sure wish More was Open especially Restaurants so You could get to Interact with the Locals, while enjoying a Delicious Meal. Well, looking forward to see what Routes you'll take to get Home, what with These Historic Wildfires in The West. Whenever You come to South Central TEXAS (I'm in San Antonio) The Tx. Hill Country, is Beautiful, especially in Spring & it's Bluebonnet's! Take Care, Stay Safe & Peace out, Amigo ~Laurie in TeXas

[@bcbconklin]

Hope you take 101 coastal hwy home. If not, you could get trapped in smoke for days...

[@MySORRELL]

THANKS!

[@savvon420]

used to haveto take that ferry weekly in a big delivery truck buying crab commerically or delivering live crab to the airports

[@markjohnson323]

Hey I was in Port Townsend two weeks ago. You missed the best part of fort warden. The bunkers are cool and the views from on top are awesome. Unfortunately I was unable to walk and I just got a few pictures and my memories from years ago.

[@everintransit4240]

It looks unseasonably dry there. Great tour.

[@webbtrekker534]

You left from Keystone Harbor. It is man made and just big enough to get a ferry in to it. The mountain is Mt Baker. 10,000+ feet tall. It is an active volcano. Still steams ands puffs from time to time.

[@rhondaplait9236]

Elks rock! Thank you for the tour. 💞👍

[@tedreid1035]

You can really tell it’s late summer in Washington State. Most of the grass has turned brown.

[@chuckhalsig4018]

Think you might be stalking us!!! :-) We were at Deception Pass starting the 9th...then to Ft Flagler on the 13th...then to Ft Worden on the 15th...then to Illahee near Bremerton...now to Potlach then to the beach!

[@panderson9561]

I had to look up the rates, couldn't believe how high they were. For a single person just riding, no vehicle, it was only like $4...which isn't bad. I've been on a ferry in south Texas, goes from Galveston to the mainland, it was free.

[@marzsit9833]

if you think the washington ferry rates are high, take a look at the british columbia ferry rates.....

[@jeffhammers5677]

I purchased a 30 foot trailer on Whidby Is. And towed across the ferry. 20 years ago it was nearly $100

[@robertjean659]

Great video, had a titanic moment when you were on the bow of the ferry. Take care.

[@ijohnsonramos]

Wow Russ, that's soooo cool! ☺️☺️☺️!!! I live on an island (Vieques) which is part of another island (Puerto Rico) and our main road is through either ferry/passenger boat or passenger boat. But compared to the one you are travelling now, our vessels are toy boats!!! 😂😂😂!!! That one is really huge, wish we could have three like those in here, we really need them badly! 👍👍👍

[@wandasantiago9220]

Awesome!

[@lvglen]

I was laughing so hard hearing how amazed you were that the people on the ferry were not wearing jackets. I wonder what those people would say if they ever visited Lake Havasu. They would probably be amazed that anyone could live there with temperatures regularly reaching 110 to 115! I went to high school in Bullhead City, then to college in Flagstaff. Took me two years to figure out what that cold white stuff was that fell from the sky! 😉

[@kevinp2820]

Hello Russ, That was fun crossing on the ferry. Can we stop somewhere and get a bowl of clam chowder and a few oysters? I'm hungry!

[@Fisherman984444]

Nice drive-thru of Ft Worden was the artillery museum open? Did you stop by any of the gun emplacement or bunkers?

[@sharonshoop495]

Mt Baker is the mountain!!!!

[@sandracimonetti5307]

Mt. Rainer- I miss seeing that mountain.

[@disneydorks6396]

More likely Mount Baker from that location.

[@tw8r50]

I'm an Elk too. Paducah KY Lodge #217.

[@luthergore7698]

Russ the video you made in the Dallas ore and the pictures you showed the mountain you said it was mt Adam's I think it was mt hood Adam's is in Washington state not Oregon

[@onestrike6582]

Perfect❤️❤️❤️

[@oddopops1327]

👋😊

[@susanweinstein93]

I don't know how many times I fished off that pier

[@martihetrick609]

I live here it is same that is where we can t enjoy our town any more

[@luahendrickson6276]

Did you know that the big white buildings at Fort Warden can be rented out if you are a vet.

[@stephenbrown3763]

Hey Russ!!! Boat rides always "Great"!!! Put a "LIFEJACKET" on the "BEAST"!!! Be Safe!!!

[@375santa]

I've been to the film Loca of The Officer and Gentleman not far from the port. Am I right?

[@scottbridge9391]

14:46 mark - that's Mt. Baker over there.

[@eugenehorvath2494]

Fort Worden was where An officer and a gentleman was filmed.

[@TOMCAT5.5149]

Is that same ferry the two ladies were on in an officer and a gentleman?

[@thomascampbell1267]

To bad you could not get the drone in the air on the ferry ride. That would have been "to cool for school" Still a great video

[@bobwarner9952]

Top Gun was filmed at Fort Warden, and the motel they used doing filming, you pasted it.

[@Kalliedad]

Officer and a Gentleman, not Top Gun

[@NomadMoto]

Awesome! I just uploaded a fort worden video. That place is creepy! Did you hear opera music coming from the pipes in the bunker? I swear! Watch the beginning of my video, you can hear it, so creepy

[@rogerbrekas8239]

Does your RV have a composting toilet?

[@Steve3717Cramer]

FYI. Port Townsend (and Fort Worden) are not on an island. They're on the Olympic Peninsula.

[@Kalliedad]

Specifically the Quimper Peninsula

[@Fairchildflyer]

Ani't bay,, Puget Sound. :)

[@Kalliedad]

NOT Puget Sound. Admiralty Inlet.(Salish Sea) Puget Sound starts up towards Point No Point

[@andrewcrane6020]

Looks like where they filmed An Officer and a Gentlemen.

[@webbtrekker534]

That IS where the movie was filmed. The pulp mill to the west of Port Townsend was also used in the movie.

[@helene48]

Hello from France, when will Hawaii, Russ ?

[@ChasB2010]

Mt. Baker from Ft. Worden

[@ds3552]

You didn’t get the senior rate?

[@debbicox2776]

Another neat place to live! Would you have to go on the ferry all the time?

[@kennethphilips3226]

Debbie, depends on where you want to go. You can drive south from Port Townsend, and cross a floating bridge over the Hood Canal to the Kitsap Peninsula. Once on the Kitsap Peninsula you could either drive onto Bainbridge Island and take a ferry to Seattle or continue south and drive across the Tacoma Narrows bridge to Tacoma.

[@debbicox2776]

@@kennethphilips3226 Okay I realized Russ didn't have to get back on.

[@wjatk534]

Get another dog Russ!