Mini-Vaca Better Late than Never

I know it's a week later, but here's my reportaje on my mini-vacation with Brian.

We went to Port Townsend on Sunday last week. We stopped in Bremerton first and visited Bev and Randy then my dad and Gwen. It was definitely a nice visit and I enjoyed seeing everyone.

Brian and I got to Port Townsend around 3 p.m. I forgot what the name of the hotel was so I had to use the email function on my phone. Once we figured out where we were headed, we parked and walked about down-town Port Townsend for a bit. The shops had a lot of neat stuff in them. I liked the book store. I bought some cute prints at an antique store there. I contemplated this red table, but they were closed when we headed back that way and weren't open in the morning when we left.

The hotel we stayed at was called the Belmont.We checked into our room and spent a little *private* time in there. Our room had a huge bathroom, an old wardrobe, bay Windows and a neat brick wall. I liked that our window overlooked the street below us.

We dined at the restaurant under our hotel. The restaurant was nice too. We decided to split an entree and get an appetizer. We got Seafood Linguine. We watched the other people and had a laugh while we made up information about the other diners.

After dinner, we headed to Fort Worden. I was excited for Brian to see the bunkers there. I've been there quite a few times and feel quite familiar with the area. Brian hadn't been in bunkers before and was all excited about the history. It turns out we missed a lot of the bunkers there... but we did see a beautiful sunset together.

We slept well in our hotel. I felt like an old couple. Brian was reading the newspaper and I was cuddled up next to him reading a book. Brian was interested in this couple that made a homestead.

The next morning we packed up and went to Fort Flagler. It was freezing cold! We decided to cook up some hotdogs in a firepit. I was so bummed out that I didn't have marshmallows to roast. Then Brian was a sweetheart and bought me some at the store there. *le sigh* After we ate and packed a snack, we set out on a hike that was supposed to pass by a few bunkers. Well, we went on the beach and not the trail, lol. We didn't see one bunker! We tried what we thought was the trail back, but it wasn't the trail. So, we walked back on the beach. It was a nice three mile hike. Brian and I took some cool pictures. I'll share them as soon as he takes them to get developed.

When we got back to the car, we were exhausted! We headed home after that.

I have to say that it was one of the nicest short trips I've had in quite a while. I think we'll go back to Fort Worden and Fort Flagler to see the bunkers we missed. I'm glad we have the time to take these little romantic vacations together.