Photos of My Port Townsend

This weekend is offering unusually good weather. Temperatures should be in the high 40s, and the sun will be shining. That’s the Fountain Cafe in the foreground.

Don’t exactly know why I took this photo. It’s in the Port Townsend Safeway. I guess I was hungry. The food does look good. Click photo for larger view.

There are no alleys for delivery trucks to access Downtown Port Townsend, so the trucks park in the middle of Water Street. This photo was taken just before the stores opened. Click photo for larger view.

The sky turns dark. The tide rolls out. The lights from the Boat Haven punctuate the gloom. Click photo for larger view.

One of Port Townsend’s more interesting pastimes is watching the Downtown businesses play musical chairs with their storefronts. There are a couple of businesses that have lived in at least three locations. The gallery, Artisans on Taylor is one of the latest participant in the game. It moved from Taylor Street to Water Street last [...]

The last couple of weekend have had holiday shoppers, bargain hunters and tourists  doing the Water Street bustle. Now, it’s back to sleepy streets and people hustling between buildings and cars, doing their best to minimize exposure to the wind and rain. As you can see, Downtown Port Townsend is pretty empty. Click photo for [...]

Our neighbors north of the border celebrate Boxing Day, on December 26. In Washington, we only have the day after Christmas. There were shoppers in Downtown Port Townsend, but there was none of the holiday energy in the air. Returns and bargain hunting don’t offer the excitement of getting gifts. The weather perfectly reflected the [...]