I was born in Bremerton, Washington in 1945. Grew up in Port Orchard. At the time, Bremerton was the only one that had a hospital! My dad retired from business in Port Orchard and built a house on the water in 1964. We used to watch the Bremerton-Seattle ferry go by every day. There were times during that run it looked like that ferry was going to run right into the front yard. Watch the video with the Chimicum going from Bremerton to Seattle. Its going from west to east, so when you look on the right side, you're seeing Port Orchard. As you go by the fog light, the house right behind it was my mom and dad's. We also used to watch naval ships sailing into Bremerton to be worked on. Some were aircraft carriers. My girlfriend and I used to GI to my mom and dads and wave to all the sailors on deck of the aircraft carriers as it headed into Bremerton. Wow, what a LONG time ago that was. The only disadvantage to the location of my mom and dad's house was having to listen to the foghorn go off when it got foggy! See if you can find my mom and dad's house!
Thank you very much for your descriptions. As a traveller, I have always found the world around Puget Sound very pleasant and worth living in. Unfortunately, I come there far too rarely, but I will definitely travel there again. Especially the contrast between the offshore islands and the big city - which is within sight - is fascinating.
I would love to do this route but living in BC is kinda hard to do any Washington State Ferry routes. Reminds me of our Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen route through Active Pass.
For some of the people that ask why the alaska marine highway has very small and old ferries is because it's not needed cause the alaska marine highway services small communities and we don't have the biggest economy to operate a big ferry
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Thanks for the memories....sure would have loved some Ivar's fish and chips and clam chowder and their famous tarter sauce.....
I was born in Bremerton, Washington in 1945. Grew up in Port Orchard. At the time, Bremerton was the only one that had a hospital! My dad retired from business in Port Orchard and built a house on the water in 1964. We used to watch the Bremerton-Seattle ferry go by every day. There were times during that run it looked like that ferry was going to run right into the front yard. Watch the video with the Chimicum going from Bremerton to Seattle. Its going from west to east, so when you look on the right side, you're seeing Port Orchard. As you go by the fog light, the house right behind it was my mom and dad's. We also used to watch naval ships sailing into Bremerton to be worked on. Some were aircraft carriers. My girlfriend and I used to GI to my mom and dads and wave to all the sailors on deck of the aircraft carriers as it headed into Bremerton. Wow, what a LONG time ago that was. The only disadvantage to the location of my mom and dad's house was having to listen to the foghorn go off when it got foggy! See if you can find my mom and dad's house!
Thank you very much for your descriptions. As a traveller, I have always found the world around Puget Sound very pleasant and worth living in. Unfortunately, I come there far too rarely, but I will definitely travel there again. Especially the contrast between the offshore islands and the big city - which is within sight - is fascinating.
I rode this route many times. Thanks for the memories.
What a change from when I first visited in 1978
I would love to do this route but living in BC is kinda hard to do any Washington State Ferry routes. Reminds me of our Swartz Bay to Tsawwassen route through Active Pass.
Did you go to bc while in the northwest? Hope you did.
For some of the people that ask why the alaska marine highway has very small and old ferries is because it's not needed cause the alaska marine highway services small communities and we don't have the biggest economy to operate a big ferry
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