Strange Brew Fest

Seattle isn't a big metropolis like New York and it doesn't have an endless supply of entertainment within city limits, so we have to look for things to do in the surrounding area.

While riding the ferry to Bainbridge Island, we picked up some literature on "What to do in Seattle (location A on the map below) / Puget Sound Area", and one event we found was a "Strange Brew Fest" in Port Townsend, location B on the map below.  I had recently heard it was a cute town, so we decided to go.

Seattle (Point A) to Port Townsend (Point B)

Lauren, Theresa, Ken and I hit the road and two hours later arrived in the small town of Port Townsend, which claims to be an incorporated city but looks a lot like Northport, the town we grew up in on Long Island. 

We rolled up to absolutely nothing.  There were some small tents outside, but no people.  A few signs told us that the entrance to the brew fest was on a different street, so we followed arrows around the side of a building and arrived at the front of a dingy American Legion building, in need of the repairs for which the strange brew fest raises money.  The people outside were not better off.

American Legion Building, Port Townsend

"Oh my god, we can't go in there."  From the outside, it looked mostly empty aside from a few lumberjack hillbillies hanging around an out of date bar and pool table.

"We didn't drive 2 hours to not go in," Theresa said, and made me go inside.

It turned out that the brew fest was inside the gymnasium past the outer lounge and was pretty well-attended for a Sunday afternoon.  For $5 we got to pick 4 cups of beer from a selection of flavors lining the gym walls ranging from peanut butter cup to burrito.  We walked around the sticky floor, tried many strange beers amongst some strange looking people, and did have a pretty good time.  But things can be really hit or miss in Washington.  You really can't expect anything to be normal.