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<\/a>First thing we saw upon entering the park were deer eating their way across a small field.\u00a0 Then we found a great little beach with a large quantity of driftwood.<\/p>\nAfter wandering on the beach for a bit and spotting a few shells Afterward we drove over to the other side of the fort, and while doing so, passed a very large concrete bunker system that was probably where the generals would hide during a battle.\u00a0\u00a0 It was buried deep in the woods away from the water.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once we reached the other side, there was a very nice campground and another beach with lots of kids playing.\u00a0\u00a0 From there you could see Port Townsend across the water and a huge crane apparatus over on Indian island apparently for loading the Navy ships with ammunition.<\/p>\n On the ride back we spotted a Mexican restaurant and looked it up on Google.\u00a0 Had high ratings from hundreds of reviews.\u00a0\u00a0 We were very glad we stopped by for dinner.\u00a0 It was really good Mexican food!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" After a leisurely morning, we drove over toward Indian Island and then onto Morrowstone Island and Fort Flagler.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the way we spotted a large government facility that turned out to be the Naval Weapons Arsenal.\u00a0\u00a0 There were miles of tall chain-link fence topped with Constantino wire.\u00a0\u00a0 Not long after that we drove by signs … <\/p>\n<\/a>and smooth pebbles, we headed toward <\/a>one of the old battery’s.\u00a0\u00a0 This has been the first battery that actually had artillery pieces on their mounts.\u00a0\u00a0 They were small 3″ guns.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There were quite a few other battery’s on that point, but none of the others had their guns mounted.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a>On the way out, we turned down the road to Mystery Bay.\u00a0 \u00a0I saw nothing indicating why it was called that, but it was a nice county park that had a long dock for tying up your boat.\u00a0\u00a0 The signs stated you can tie up there for up to 3 days.\u00a0\u00a0 Now that’s pretty cool.\u00a0 There was even a picnic table on the floating dock.\u00a0\u00a0 I cannot ever remember seeing a picnic table on a boat dock,\u00a0 to bad we didn’t bring a picnic basket.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n