Squeaker in Port Townsend

Last weekend we drove to the west side of Washington for Ariadne and Michael's wedding in Port Townsend, on the Olympic Peninsula north of Seattle on the opposite side of Puget Sound. Ariadne, one of Tracey's graduate students who has become a friend, grew up in the area. Along with everyone else who went from Spokane, we're glad she and Michael decided to have the wedding in Port Townsend. What a cool little coastal town. Check out the hotel we stayed in, and notice Maeve's increasing mobility with her army crawl:



Here are Ari and Michael, having just tied the knot in a meadow on a bluff in Fort Worden State Park, overlooking Puget Sound and the Strait of Juan de Fuca:



Tracey was a bridesmaid, and she couldn't resist dressing Maeve up in a fancy dress for the wedding, too. Here they are at the reception, also held on the park grounds:



Our friends Chris and Les also drove to the wedding from eastern Washington and stayed in the same hotel. We had a lot of fun hanging out with them. Here they are at the reception with their kids, Dylan and Halley:



And here are the three of us enjoying the reception:



On the drive home, instead of going all the way to the south end of Puget Sound and then around to the north again, we took a ferry from Kingston on the Olympic Peninsula side to Edmonds on the mainland. Here we are out on the deck in the wind and sun:



Before we reached Kingston, we had to cross the Hood Canal Bridge, which was closed temporarily for maritime traffic when we arrived. We weren't in a big hurry, so we enjoyed the chance to stretch our legs for twenty minutes or so and take in the view: