PortBainbridge

all the places to sleep

Watersports include sailing and power boating

Kayaks

And scuba diving… the waters around Bainbridge Island are great for divers and octopus sightings

This Giant Pacific Octopus was photographed close to Blakely Harbor on Bainbridge Island by diver Scott Boyd
Lots of great places for bikes….

And hikes….
Traditional sports such as golf and tennis are not forgotten.
Castanes Tuttabella

The 35 minute Washington State Ferry crossing from Seattle to Bainbridge Island runs every 55 minutes from 4:40 a.m. until 2 a.m. (check schedule for exact times)…. Fares for walk-on passengers are only charged from the Seattle side of the crossing. There is no charge for walk-ons from Bainbridge to Seattle. Bicyclists and [...]

IslandWood is a special part of Bainbridge Island… in a very real way it brings the Island’s past, present and future together in one place….
The past as timber lands for the Port Blakely Mill, the present as a large piece of prime Bainbridge real estate that was saved from “development” by the foresight and [...]

A bald eagle watches her two eaglets learn to fish and fly during low tide at Pleasant Beach in mid-July.
Bainbridge Island, Washington

Then:

Port Blakely at its heyday in 1905 when it was the world’s largest sawmill and the masts of tall ships came from the region’s tall straight stands of fir. This detailed painting is part of a series depicting Port Blakely in its prime by Bainbridge Island artist Ron Crabb.

This video was produced by Islandwood, a [...]

“Milltown Morning” by Bainbridge Island artist Ron Crabb

Port Blakely, Circa 1905
Island artist Ron Crabb is a recent arrival to Bainbridge. He and his family moved here in 2003, but the incredibly detailed art prints he has started producing on the way Port Blakely looked in its glory days are deja vu all over again.
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