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[This walk took place Sunday August 15th]
Last Sunday Juli went with me on a volksmarch in Port Townsend. She had an another motive. She needed to perform some customer service for her work at "Maximum Savings Store". A customer's purchase didn't make it into her bag, so Juli volunteered to bring it to her.
We had intended to walk the Waterfront Walk that we had reviewed on the internet, but when we got to the starting point and examined the maps of all four walks we chose the "Officer and a Gentleman" Walk instead. This walk went from the Waterfront of Port Townsend to almost reaching the Point Wilson Lighthouse, passing many of the filming locations for the movie. It was an 11k walk, but we easily made it 12 k as we couldn't pass up getting that close to the Lighthouse without walking around it.
As with all volksmarches, we got way out into the nooks and crannies that you don't normally see when you visit a town. The paved trails through the experimental wheat field was interesting. They are growing archival wheat from the turn of the 1900's without using irrigation. They are using this wheat because it was what was available before pesticides, and they're looking into how hardy it is. Bad summer for it, I would think, but is seems to be working well.
When we got out to the Straits the cool air coming from the west was wonderful. While Port Townsend wasn't forecast to get up to the 90's that the rest of the Sound was getting, it did get close... 89. But the air off the water on the Straits was oh so nice.
I'd give this one a 2 on my 1 to 10 scale [1 is Cannon Beach : 10 is a march through nettle fields wearing shorts]. Juli, however, said the "two grumpy hikers" made an appearance on the way back from Fort Warden. The heat was getting to us and ... well.. when it comes to hills Juli pushes hard. She was a bit out of breath, and it was a very steep trail. While I didn't feel any grumpy hikers, I've put in 240k this summer and Juli has only had time for 40k. I'll cut her some slack on this one.
Last Sunday Juli went with me on a volksmarch in Port Townsend. She had an another motive. She needed to perform some customer service for her work at "Maximum Savings Store". A customer's purchase didn't make it into her bag, so Juli volunteered to bring it to her.
We had intended to walk the Waterfront Walk that we had reviewed on the internet, but when we got to the starting point and examined the maps of all four walks we chose the "Officer and a Gentleman" Walk instead. This walk went from the Waterfront of Port Townsend to almost reaching the Point Wilson Lighthouse, passing many of the filming locations for the movie. It was an 11k walk, but we easily made it 12 k as we couldn't pass up getting that close to the Lighthouse without walking around it.
As with all volksmarches, we got way out into the nooks and crannies that you don't normally see when you visit a town. The paved trails through the experimental wheat field was interesting. They are growing archival wheat from the turn of the 1900's without using irrigation. They are using this wheat because it was what was available before pesticides, and they're looking into how hardy it is. Bad summer for it, I would think, but is seems to be working well.
When we got out to the Straits the cool air coming from the west was wonderful. While Port Townsend wasn't forecast to get up to the 90's that the rest of the Sound was getting, it did get close... 89. But the air off the water on the Straits was oh so nice.
I'd give this one a 2 on my 1 to 10 scale [1 is Cannon Beach : 10 is a march through nettle fields wearing shorts]. Juli, however, said the "two grumpy hikers" made an appearance on the way back from Fort Warden. The heat was getting to us and ... well.. when it comes to hills Juli pushes hard. She was a bit out of breath, and it was a very steep trail. While I didn't feel any grumpy hikers, I've put in 240k this summer and Juli has only had time for 40k. I'll cut her some slack on this one.
