Peninsula in for sizzling weekend of activities

PORT TOWNSEND -- A living-history encampment will be held at Old Fort Townsend State Park, four miles south of Port Townsend on Old Fort Townsend Road, at 9 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.

The encampment allows visitors to step back through history and experience what it was like to be a solider in the 1800s.

Visitors will witness cannon blasts and rifle shooting.

The annual encampment is sponsored by Washington State Parks and Friends of Fort Townsend, and it is free and open to the public.

For information, phone Friends of Fort Townsend at 360-385-2998.

 
Flower hike set

QUILCENE -- The Washington Native Plant Society will hike Mount Townsend to view blooming wildflowers on Saturday.

Hikers will meet at the North Hood Canal Visitors Center, 295142 U.S. Highway 101, at 9 a.m.

It is peak season for meadows of wildflowers on the southern slopes of the mountain.

Hikers will walk up the Big Quilcene Trail No. 839, a 3.8-mile hike with a 3,000-foot elevation gain.

Participants should bring lunch, sturdy shoes and rain gear.

The hike is free and open to the public.

For more information or to RSVP, phone Sharon Schlentner at 360-379-9810.

Or e-mail sschlentner@waypoint.com.