Sunset from our RV space in at Port Hudson in Port Townsend, WA.

The weird thing is--this picture is looking NNE over Whidbey Island. The sky in the West was dark.

Retirement. We're still trying to figure out what this means. Reinvent feels better. After all, since leaving my corporate gig, painting has become a full-time job. Ed's now officially "free" and hasn't had a moment to himself--mostly helping me and others with their priorities. He too, is figuring out what re-invention means to him.

Part of our new life was to purchase a pre-owned RV with the plan of taking off whenever and wherever we want. Our BusCar (named by our 3 year old grandson, Apollo) is the way outa town! In three months we've taken four mini trips around Washington. This blog is going to be our way of keeping in touch--even if we're only 27 miles away as the crow flies like it is with this week's trip. We're learning the practice of slowing down and, in this case, being close enough to put our toes in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, watching every water craft, aircraft and sea creature float by. We've discovered there's a lot going on when one stops to pay attention!

I often kid Ed about having salt water DNA. It's hard to entice him very far away from it. We're returning to some of our favorite spots by land. This lovely little spot--Port Hudson in Port Townsend is a place we stayed when we still had our boat. It's still very special. Our RV space was literally on the edge of the water. Here are some pictures we took while "laying around."

Lady Washington is in town for the Wooden Boat Show.

Along came Carnival floating through the fog on its way to Alaska .

then came a (dry!) paddling man (water is about 42 degrees)


We were expecting to see an aircraft carrier heading to sea from the bow of our 'ship'. It left Everett and pass by really close....thrilling! Yesterday we had a wonderful walk in pouring rain. We had fun, but not so with the dogs, who were carried home after refusing to walk anymore on the soggy streets. Nice to have a warm and dry home to return to. Without a towed car, scooters or bikes, walking is our method of exploring from our 'pad'. Today we shall walk again into the town and explore the many art shops with the hope for a better outcome with the weather.