Larry Scott Trail - Port Townsend, WA - August 24, 2021

 Larry Scott Trail - Port Townsend, WA - August 24, 2021

Who can pass up a walk on a rail trail on a sunny, cool, PNW day?  We found our way to the eastern end of the Washington Discovery Trail … a Rails-to-Trails trail that runs from Port Townsend all the way across the Olympic Peninsula to the western edge of Washington.  It is not complete yet, so there are basically four segments of the trail, which, when complete will be added to the Rails-to-Trails project to create a continuous bike trail from the East Coast to the West Coast of the US.  

This segment of the trail runs from the town of Port Townsend and ends at the Milo Curry Trailhead and is called the Larry Scott Trail.  We started at the Milo Curry Trailhead and headed toward Port Townsend.  This segment is approximately 8.5 miles long although we walked only 2.5 miles out and returned to the TH parking lot.  What a delight to walk under the shade of cedar, hemlock, maple and pine trees, in cool temperatures with a slight breeze, pine needles coating the path, and doing it in the middle of the day (not at 6:00 a.m. in the morning as we would need to do in Tucson to escape the heat).  

We drove into Port Townsend for a (not so) quick stop at Safeway (always longer to shop in an unfamiliar store for a wide range of items).  Then back to our homestead at Evergreen Coho SKP RV Park.

Later that afternoon, I drove out to Marrowstone Island, to Annie’s home, to collect our delivery of coffee pods for our coffee machine (online ordered and delivered in two days … amazing) and also got the gift of more of her apples and plums right off of her trees.  We sat in the sun and shade of her garden enjoying the views of the shipping activities on the water while throwing a ball for Nala.  What an amazing location she has with the views of the water, a well-manicured garden, fruit trees and a dog with plenty of energy for chasing balls.