Tagged With: Uncle Verne
A well-deserved break for our heroes
One of Washington’s jewels is our state park system. Yes, it is expensive to run, and goodness knows the political shenanigans that take place to keep it alive. But… if you look around our state, we have some pretty awesome parks within reach of almost everyone in the state. It is well worth the cost … Continue reading
Categories: State Parks, Western Washington
Tags: Army, Bear Grass, Belfair, Belfair State Park, Bremerton, Crows, Discover Pass, Eagles, Hood Canal, Iraq, Port Orchard, Retsil, Salmon, Uncle Verne, Visa, Washington Veterans Home, WWII
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Illahee State Park: Right in the backyard
Last weekend, we took a trip into Kitsap County to see my Uncle Verne, who lives at the Department of Veterans Affairs veterans home in Retsil, outside Port Orchard. The facility was built in 1910 on a 31- acre bluff overlooking Puget Sound. According to the website, “Today the Veterans Home is a state-of-the-art, non-institutional facility providing a ‘Resident … Continue reading
Categories: Puget Sound, State Parks, Western Washington
Tags: Amy's On The Bay, Highway 101, Highway 16, Highway 3, Illahee State Park, Kitsap County, Lacey, Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainier, Naval Base Kitsap-Bremerton, North Cascades, Olympia, Port Orchard, Port Orchard Bay, Puget Sound, Retsil, Shelton, Sheridan, Sinclair Inlet, Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Uncle Verne
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