Category: Photos by Kay

The supercarrier

Nimitz

Fort Flagler State Park, on Marrowstone Island, is located adjacent to a U.S. Navy ammunition depot on Indian Island. As we camped last week we saw this aircraft carrier parked at the depot. It caught DH’s attention as it’s one of the few remaining of this type, similar to one he called home long ago.

This is the USS Nimitz on a very rare stop here, its fifth since it was commissioned in 1975. It’s a big ship, over 1,000 feet in length. It offloaded ammunition and conducted crew training while at Indian Island for about five days. It will move next year to Bremerton for maintenance and modernization.

Windplay

Collage windplay

Fort Flagler State Park is a beautiful place to camp but it does get windy. Some of the most popular campsites are close to the beach in arguably the most windswept part of the park. Campers in this area celebrate the wind with all manner of flying and twirling color. This is just an assortment. There’s also an entire milieu of forms (flamingos, flags, and mushrooms come to mind) planted closer to the ground.

A perfect summer’s day

Hood Canal

What’s better than a warm summer day? A warm summer day on the beach.

We camped last week with some of the nicest weather of the year. One campground we called home featured this beach on the Hood Canal and beautiful views of the Olympic Mountains. Scenic Beach State Park is a short hop from Silverdale, near Seabeck, a beautiful little coastal town.

Theme Day: Take Away/Take Out

Take away

Today is Theme Day for City Daily Photo photographers and the theme challenge is “Take Away Store” or, for us in the U.S., “Take Out.”

Modest shops like these are typically unassuming, often family owned, and can be hit or miss. For me, Koto Teriyaki in Sequim is a hit. The owners are very nice and as part of the usual teriyaki and Asian fare they offer a nice yakisoba that’s just right when we need a noodle fix.

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Double Eagle Restaurant

Double Eagle

Here’s the restaurant that’s located next to the totem pole I showed you yesterday. (You can see the top of the pole at the right of this photo.) The Double Eagle Restaurant is located at the Cedars at Dungeness Golf Course. It serves dinner and specializes in steak and seafood. At the back of the building is Stymie’s Bar and Grill which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner in a more casual atmosphere. This is another of the businesses run by the local Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe.

Old Mill Cafe

Old Mill 1

Here’s one of our locally-owned restaurants, the Old Mill Cafe in Carlsborg. It’s a reliable stop for a tasty breakfast. They also serve lunch and dinner but we’ve liked the breakfasts so much it’s gotten stuck as one of our breakfast meccas. They have a selection of burgers that sounds like they take them seriously. I’ve got to give that a try.

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The restaurant has some beautiful glass windows. One of the owners is a stained glass artist.

Old Mill 2

This window, beautifully framed in blue, is nicely complimented by blue glass vases.

There is also an interesting array of old logging tools and equipment. The cafe is across the street from the location of an old lumber mill.