Out and About

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Thought you might be interested in this Google map of Bainbridge Island.  You can see the ferry routes and its location relative to Seattle.  Clicking on the View Larger Map link will reveal more streets and some of the harbors.

Yesterday was really nice. Not cold and not windy. Some clouds. Some sun. I got a late start but decided to venture outside and just drive wherever the road looked interesting.

You could say that on Bainbridge Island, this is typical.  Towering trees and narrow roads. It would be very easy to get lost.  The good news is that at some point you will always arrive at the water's edge.  I patted our Garmin Nuvi (GPS) on it's little head and threw caution to the winds.

Just a few blocks from the house I stopped to watch a ferry making a right turn and heading out of the harbor toward Seattle.  

 

I drove north on Madison through Winslow to School House Road and turned west.  There was a sign for Fort Ward State Park so that was my first destination.   Traveled several miles of winding, hilly, curvy roads.  Got there.  The gate to the park was closed but I ventured up the road and came upon a new housing development.  Well, huh!  Didn't get a picture but there were probably 30 houses or so right on the other side of this old fort building.   There were neighbors chatting in their driveways and children riding bikes.

This was one view on my way back.   I pulled into the lot of an old dilapidated service station and crossed the road to take this picture.  Pretty.  A bit further, I saw a sign for Gazzam Lake and turned down that road.  It wound around through the woods and actually involved a hairpin turn or two.  Went past a few houses that were just beautiful but nicely built to blend into the hillside.  And speaking of hillsides, a few of them looked as though a stiff breeze would send them off their cantilevered  foundations into a ravine.  No thanks.

About a mile past the turn I came to a dead end. There were a few cars parked in a small clearing by the side of the road and a path which I assumed would lead to Gazzam Lake.  Since I was alone and am sort of a scardy cat, I decided to leave and come back another day with Jack and maybe my sisters and brother-in-law.  I'm going to find out, first, if it's worth the hike.

On my way back to town I came to an intersection with this interesting street sign.  Just had to take a picture.  Toe Jam Hill Road?   I'm going to the Historical Society Museum in the next week or so and will certainly inquire about where the heck that came from!

This is the marina on Bainbridge Island.  The couple we are housesitting for have a sailboat here.  Have never been on it but we're housesitting for friends of theirs in April.  They'll be home...maybe they'll take us for a sail!

Today is rainy.