June 16-19th, 2018
Trip Distance 29 nm
Headed out going North from Point Defiance early to get the outgoing tide. Went up Colvi passage on the inside of Vashon Island then snaked around to get up to Poulsbo.
Pronounced “paulsbo” as it was Pauls place when founded by Norweigans. Pouslbo was misspelling I think done by post office way back when and the name stuck. Another harbor town, some galleries and dining options. Economy here is all tourism: visitors by boat and land to walk the waterfront, eat ice cream etc…
We anchored out at Poulsbo for three nights in 14′ or so of water with nice mud bottom.
You will find the dinghy dock to the left at the fuel dock all the way in next to shore at the Port Of Poulsbo public dock. We missed it first time in since it is shared with fuel dock space. At the top of the dock is a nice park with green grass for the dog’s and room for a short walk to stretch your legs.
Poulsbo is near the head of Liberty bay. Liberty bay used to be dogfish bay as the stream that feeds it and the bay had a lot of dogfish (shark). The dog fish were harvested for their oil. When not in clouds we had a good view of Mt Rainer. Hazy most days we were here so not a clear view.
Pouslbo has a nice waterfront park and boardwalk. We hung out in Poulsbo several days as Alex was to receive a package Monday and it came late enough in the day we stayed until Tuesday.
We walk with dogs along bay to Fish park and nearby Nelson park. There are some cool murals under the bridge when we crossed under it from Fish Park to Nelson Park.
Ate at the Loft, recommended by locals and online. I had halibut tacos YUM and alex had the seafood Chimichunga which was recommended by the guy at the marine store. Also excellent corn and clam chowder.
We did have another biking adventure as we biked to the Walmart where Alex procured a fishing license and we got a few supplies. Then on to Petco for two 30lb bags of dog food. We strapped the bags on the back of the bikes. Took a non scenic way back to port (3 mile ride) but it was mostly down hill so we made it unscathered…now we have 90lbs of dog food on board should last ~9 weeks per my calculations. Tuesday AM went in to let the dogs do their business and Alex visited marine store a 3rd and last time to exchange fuel pump bulb thingy for dinghy (we bought the wrong size Saturday and they were closed Monday!.