Saturday, September 14, 2013

Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival

Recently we've had some really lovely weather here in the Northwest and a week ago today we decided to attend the 37th anniversary of the  Port Townsend Wooden Boat Festival, about 90 miles away.  It was amazing.  Lots of people, lots of vendors, lots of food and lots of wooden boats.

Point Hudson boat basin.


A lot of boats are decorated with pretty bouquets of flowers,
either on their bow or stern.  Such a pretty sight with the beautiful polished wood.

For me one of the highlights of the day was when I spotted this plein air painter on the beach.


Periodically throughout the day I would go back to where he was painting and see how he was progressing.

And I was happy that I returned just as he was putting the finishing touches on his painting.


Ahhh, a beautiful painting to show for his hours of standing on the beach.


The end of our day we were rewarded with this view of boats sailing in the bay.

2 comments:

  1. Looks so inviting!!!

    Wish I could be there!

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  2. It was such a beautiful day. I was so surprised that this was the only plein air painter I saw the whole day.

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