Admiralty Head Light

The Admiralty Head lighthouse is one hundred and ten years old.  From 1903 it was lit for nineteen years before it was deactivated.

It's a pretty lighthouse on the Puget Sound where a friend took me to see some sights.

Climbing the stairs gives you a very nice sight indeed:  a view of the blue, blue sea.

Fort Casey

Looking over this grassy expanse toward the Puget Sound, you wouldn't think you were looking at massive military fortifications.

That's just what the enemy was supposed to think, too.
 Fort Casey was part of the plan to protect the western sea coast from invasion. It would have worked if airplanes weren't invented.

Today it's a huge park where people have picnics, fly kites and climb on the aging structures once meant to protect us.
I suppose an invasion by sea isn't so likely anyway.

Ferry to Whidbey Island

"Take a ferry to an island."
That was another piece of advice given to me when I asked about things to do in Washington.
And so I did.  I went to Whidbey Island on the Mukilteo ferry.

Parked with all the other cars...

...and on the 20 minute ride across the bay, there was just enough time to go out on deck to see the view.