Bull Kelp is a very common seaweed in Puget Sound and provides some important protection for young salmon … and important nutrients for the food chain. It is an annual … what you see here is just the top of a mass of kelp (you can see some of it in the water running down to the left lower corner. A lot of the bull kelp will wash up onto beaches where young kids try to play crack-the-whip with it.
The town center of Port Townsend is around the point of land coming into the water from the right. That is Point Hudson and just around the corner is one of the big marinas. In the distance is Marrowstone Island and Indian Island, while the buildings are mostly housing left from the days when Fort Worden was active. It’s now a state park and some of the housing is available for short term rental. It was also the location for filming some of “An Officer and A Gentleman”.
I liked the grass greening up as spring approached.