This week, show us something creepy — because hey, we can’t take photos of rainbows and puppies every day. Well, okay, I guess we can. But let’s branch out anyway!
Michelle W. The Daily Post
Our long hot summer has been filled with fun day trips through some beautiful Pacific Northwest locations and I have plenty of new images ready to share but this week Michelle asks us to branch out a little and show a darker point of view. Even though my recent postings have been all about sunshine, beaches and nature I’ve been busy taking photos of some not-so-pretty corners too and today’s image is from inside a bunker at Fort Warden State Park outside of Port Townsend, WA.
Fort Warden was built in 1897 to serve as one of three Army bases along Admiralty Inlet and the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula creating a “triangle of fire” to protect the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard as well as Seattle, Tacoma and Everett, WA. The big guns were never fired and finally removed in WWI for use in Europe but the bases remained active for training until the 1950’s. This stairway is one of many that lead down to a network of underground bunkers below the old gun installations and generations of kids and campers have used them to tell spooky ghost stories and creep around in the dark.
The rest of Fort Warden is now a beautiful Washington State Park open for camping, retreats and outdoor activities and many of the original buildings, homes and barracks are available for rent. John and I both attended summer camps at the Fort when we were in school and earlier this month we had a great time showing Ryan around the place. If anyone remembers the 1982 movie An Officer and a Gentleman or the 2002 movie The Ring they were both filmed here. I’ll share new photos of the grounds, beaches and view points in later posts but today’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Creepy is where we’ll start our tour.
I imagine a great many urban legends were born within these tunnels too 🙂
I’m sure there were, Andy. 😉
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An Officer and a Gentleman was the movie that made me ‘all-in’ for Richard Gere. Yum!
Oh yes, me too. ☺️
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Thanks!
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Oh man I remember way back hen before it was turned into a beautiful park and it really was creepy. e used to climb all over that place.
Sounds like you had a lot of fun there, Ruth. :). It’s nice to see so many people enjoying the place.
Thats a creepy staircase, for me the creepiest is the one in DC that was in The Exorcist. Great photo.
Anything related to the exorcist wins my “creepiest” vote but I’m glad you like this one too. 🙂
Certainly a creep shot here. The staircase leading up to the brightness unknown. It must have been rather dark down there in the fort – but cooler than above 🙂
It was completely dark, Mabel and we would have been lost without our flashlights. Cooler temps were nice though!
Great image for the challenge, Lisa. Oh the stories these stairs and tunnels could tell! 😕
They’ve got to be filled with echoes of stories, Sylvia. 🙂
What a great photo for the challenge. It is definitely creepy! And The Ring was a very creepy movie 🙂
It’s nice to know there is a beautiful park there, but its history remains intact.
The park is wonderful, Robin but part of what makes it so interesting is they’ve preserved a lot of the old fort so we can walk through the history while enjoying the setting on the beach.
Spine chilling! NOT going down there 😦
I wasn’t very comfortable but Ryan loved it…
Ooh, I’ve been to Fort Warden! Definitely some cool/creepy photo ops!
It’s such a great place, full of pretty scenery and creepy corners. 🙂
Great pic Lisa.
Thanks, Dad. We had a lot of fun exploring with you. 🙂
A history lesson and a great photograph! What more could make a blog post any better. 🙂
So nice to hear, thanks Patrick!
Looks rather a lot like the “luxury hotel” my wife and I went to for our honeymoon.
Sounds like you have quite a story to tell…
I cam imagine great ghost stories are inspired there.
I’m sure there are lots of spooky stories from the old fort… I wouldn’t go in as a kid but John spent plenty of summer nights down there with a few brave campers and some stories. 🙂
You are brave my dear. This is a great response to “creepy”.
I had plenty of company to help with the brave part, Paula. 🙂 Glad you like my creepy take on the challenge.