Sunday - Long Way To Anacortes

Well, this day didn’t go as planned! We left the hotel around 9:30 and drove up to Port Townsend to catch the 12:30 or 2:00 ferry over Anacortes, where we had a reservation at the Marina Inn. It was not an unpleasant drive. Raining early then partly cloudy most of the way, temperature in the high 40s. The weather report for later today and tomorrow was horrible, with rain and high wind warnings. 

We arrived at Port Townsend to learn that, in fact, due to high winds all afternoon sailings had been canceled! Now what? It was only a bit after noon, so we decided to drive all the way around, down to Tacoma and back up through Seattle to Anacortes. Another 4 hours of driving added to our day. (see map).

We arrived in Anacortes about 6:00, checked into our room and headed over to the Secret Cove for a nice seafood dinner. We had eaten there 4 years ago and recalled it fondly. We have ferry reservations for tomorrow morning to go over to Friday Harbor. Sounds like there’s a good chance that crossing will be canceled. We are scheduled to be there two nights at the Tucker House. Considering a Plan B.  So we’ll see what happens……….stay tuned!