Jeff....we are enjoying Port Hudson,.......even in the rain!
We left Portland this morning around 10ish and drove to the tip of the Olympic Peninsula. It was a very pretty scenic drive with small houses perched along the shoreline nestled in trees and ferns. Quaint little small communities with small restaurants/shops. Lots of RV spots right along the water's edge. We saw signs for seafood; coffee shops and some small motels.
After the HWH repair guy left on Monday night, Tim wasn't convinced the problem was fixed. When he put his hand up around the compression fitting that was supposed to be our problem, he was still getting fluid on his hand and some drips on the jack foot. So he call the repair man back on Tuesday morning scheduling him to return to see what else was going on. The repairman arrived late --5:30, climbed under the coach and decided to actually remove the fitting to see if it was damaged in any way. It wasn't, so he put teflon tape around the joint, retighted and this morning at 6 am, no leak.
I had cancelled our reservation at Port Townsend campground for fear that we had a more serious problem with the jack; but when Tim found everything dry this morning, he felt pretty confident that everything was OK. At 8:15 am, I called the campground and said we were coming. I really didn't have worry about not having a space, there are only a couple of campers here with lots of empty spaces.
The drive was really pretty up I5 and then onto 101N. 101N winds along the water's edge, climbs a bit then flattens out coming into Port Townsend. We had sunny skies as we got closer and could see all the beautiful Olympic mountains, it's a good thing we got a sneak peak because it is supposed to rain for the next 5 days. It was a slow drive from Olympia to PT, you just could not make a lot of time.
Port Townsend is very quaint. Lots of old buildings, lots of good restaurants and lots of road work. They have torn up the main street to rebuild the streets as well as, it looks like. the water/sever drain systems. However all the shops and businesses are open. We went to eat at a recommened restaurant tonight and I had hazelnut smothered halibut....it was fabulous. Tim had chicken tacos which he said were suburb. Because we are crossing into Canada in a few days, we've limited our liquor supply, so after dinner we did a "beer" run.
We plan to stay here until Monday morning to visit the park, tour Seattle and eat more seafood!!!
Pictures to come, if it's not too rainy.
Marsha~