Motorcycle Ride – Poulsbo / Port Gamble

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M and took our first day trip on the Sportster today out to Poulsbo and then Port Gamble out on the Kitsap Peninsula. It was the longest either of us have ever been out on the Harley (a little less than 60 miles round trip). We both really enjoyed the trip – we set out with no plan other than to get food in Poulsbo and to find our way from there. We took off around noon via the Bainbridge ferry and headed straight to Poulsbo.

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IMAG0128Poulsbo is this tiny little town that bills itself as “little Norway”. It’s cute – right along the waterfront with plenty of crafty (if not tourist-trappy) little shops to kill time in. We had a massive (and great) meal at Tizley’s Euro Pub.

This is a picture of our massive pork shank (Schweinshax mit kraut). And, yes, we did finish it. :) The kraut that was with it was awesome. We also got to stop into the Poulsbohemian Coffeehouse where Margaret contributed at least two lines to their effort to produce "The World’s Longest Scarf" (they still have several miles to go before they beat out some old Scottish ladies who currently hold the record).

P1010579After Poulsbo we headed up to Port Gamble to grab dessert at the General Store. We then took a quick, scenic drive over to the Kingston ferry.

Having to do it over again, we probably would have drove back down to the Bainbridge ferry vs. taking the Kingston back over to mainland. Margaret didn’t care much for riding the bike on the interstate, and we probably could have had some much better scenery on the way back home. All together, it was a great way to spend a Saturday.

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