Two Port Townsend Girls playing Tourist in their hometown

 One thing I'd been wanting to do since I moved back to town was to walk from one end of Water Street to the other just to see what's down there now.  Mary Gaboury and I have a lot of the same memories of this town as we were both born here in 1943 and raised our kids here too.  It was kind of sad (dare I say boring?) to look in all the windows and try to remember what used to be there. We obviously need to quit living in the past and move on. Actually, I think we pretty much have.  It was only a 40-minute stroll that began at the Plaza and ended at Town Tavern. We didn't go up the side streets but I took about 3 dozen photos here and there.  Not surprising we met not one person we knew. We didn't expect to although I kind of hoped we might run into at least one person.  

A lot of the shops weren't open and some weren't opening until noon. All had the standard ...about wearing masks.  I had to take my walker as I knew I'd get tired before the trek was over. I do love walkers! I had taken some painted rocks intending to hide up and down the street but I forgot!  I did put a few around the plaza area afterwards as I sat in the car to people watch while Mary went into Quimper Mercantile to buy a birthday present for her great grandson who turns one next month. Afterwards, we made a quick Goodwill run as a wanted to find a cheap 3-ring binder to put all the neat lined school paper I bought at Barbara Shaw's garage sale on Saturday.  I'm going to have a central place to keep all kinds of notes. It's what I do.  One is to document the breakfasts being served here daily. They're kind of slipping. Yeah, this is the type of thing I find to focus on. haha

Anyhow, these aren't the most interesting pictures but it'll do for now. Another day we're gonna do uptown. These aren't in any particular order but I'll talk a little about each one as I go along.

      Two bicycles. Nothing interesting about them except I always notice bikes. I miss riding mine and I always will!

This is called Adams St. Park I think. A gas station used to sit here when I was a kid.

   Admiralty Apts. My sister managed these for years. Lots of history in that building.

I forget what the address was of this place but does it even matter?  No.

                  Another view of the Adams St Park and the restaurant sitting in the background.

                               

         

                                     nice little beach area next to street park

                                          The bell tower as seen from the picnic area near beach

                                William James Bookstore. This might have been Olbergs or Red Goose Shoes

                                Former site of Delmonico's

Shop window with very expensive tourist goodies

This used to be May's Variety Store

George Gunn's Grocery Store back in the day

If you look close, you can see a guy painting the building in the middle of the picture

Mary standing inside  The Belmont, which is under construction

Mary standing in front of what used to be Club Deleo. Her grandmother lived upstairs

Mary walking near Taylor Street

This used to be Fuzzy's Shoe repair. Ironically, he had a daughter nicknamed Babe.

Old  lady sitting on her walker in the shade

                       Old Penney's store

 

             Widell's Hardware at one time

                                Oneill's Drug Store years ago

                Another view of the beach area

                            Post office up on the hill

Record store that once held Bergstrom's store

 Seating on the street for nearby restaurants that have to serve outside

That same little park that eliminated a few parking places and below how this building used to look

Mary was outraged at how you can't even see the terrace steps because of the greenery

                       The Plaza

                                      Shops welcoming tourists today

                       The Town Tavern for many many years

                                   Where Penney's used to sell clothes & shoes

                           colorful window display