Yesterday Kevin and I took an impromptu trip, joining my family heading north to Port Townsend for Matt's soccer game. Since he's not playing on the team that went, Matt didn't mind that we took a walk and explored during the game. Kevin and I first grabbed coffee at "Better Life Through Coffee," a neat shop right on the water that serves coffee with Dunganess Valley Whole Raw milk, like we keep at home. They had a great ambiance and the entertainment offered was right up our alley- we need to check out Wise Traditions magazine, which we perused while in there. Kevin took a call from Lavengro people about a training this weekend, and otherwise we were uninterupted for a little spontaneous date.
After that we walked through the Wooden Boat construction center where they have all kinds of great public education programs and community-stregthening resources. We had seen the center the first time at the Wooden Boat Festival 2009 during our anniversary trip, and it was nice to see how it had continued to develop since then. While there, we strolled down into the docks and checked out who was tied up- spotted the Pliades, among others.
Finally we got up the energy to hike up Washington into the neighborhoods above, where we visited a wonderful park I remember from my childhood on the penninsula. Of course we also just oogled the beautiful victorian architecture and community. While we were up there we chatted about how much easier our transition goals, lifestyle choices, etc. would be in that town, but agreed that the town wouldn't ever need us as much as Bremerton may. As much as we allow ourselves to daydream about a giant victorian over the port, we're committed to Bremerton for good! Even so, I look forward to our second anniversary this year and another trip up to the Boat Festival!
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