Rain seemed to be the order of the day, but we will forge head.
First stop was to set up shop at the Elks Lodge before we start exploring.
Judy's husband, Tom, suggested we head over to Fort Vancouver, which is exactly what we did.
There were an assortment of building dated 1911 to 1914 that were being restored to their early years glory. Such detail and workmanship shows us that the skill is still alive in doing this type of work.
The Hudson Bay Co. was here first in the very early 1820's and built a fort and English gardens to supply the residents of all the foods they would need to survive the winter. Originally 18 acres, it is not just one.
Beautifully groomed terraces.
The "Big house" inside the fort was completed in1838 and is a beauty.
Quite a few of the buildings inside the fort were of a rougher, beam and mud construction.
As the poorly photographed plaque says, the original residents were not a problem and the cannons were never fired in anger.
The carpentry shop and its 13 foot walls for protection.
Back then, just about everything had to be produced...on site.
Here they were making square nails, the old fashioned way. A good blacksmith will make a thousand nails a day.
They would use nine year olds to tend the bellows...all day long with never a complaint.
These are the four towers that raise a drawbridge on Interstate 5, where is crosses the Columbia river. It's quite an ordeal when a ship needs to go up rive because it shuts down the freeway for approximately 1/2 hour.
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