Clapp Family Reunion Original Info

Clapp Family Reunion
Original Info

When

The 2005 Clapp family reunion will be held Tuesday, July 26 through Friday, July 29. Check in will be on the 26th, and check out the morning of the 29th.

You can check in on the 26th at 3 PM or later. Some of us will be arriving earlier than that, so come and look for us, perhaps down by one of the beaches.

Where

The reunion will be held at Ft.Worden, Washington. Ft. Worden is an old Army base that is now a scenic and historic site at the entrance to Puget Sound on the Olympic peninsula. Ft. Worden is at the north end of Port Townsend, Washington. See below for a link to the Google map. When on the Google map, you can click on the satellite link on the right to see an aerial view.

We will be in units 10E, 10W, 11E, and 11W of the Officer's quarters.

Contacts

To contact Dan about the reunion, email him at danwright4@cs.com
call him on his cell phone at 206-295-6921
or send a letter to Dan at:
PO Box 906
Seahurst, WA 98062

To contact Rick about this web page, email him at Rick Hyman

Latest News

You can check in on the 26th at 3 PM or later. Some of us will be arriving earlier than that, so come and look for us, perhaps down by one of the beaches.

If you have last minute questions or need additional directions or anything else, Dan's cell phone number is 206-295-6921.

Location

Fort Worden has over night accommodations ranging from Victorian homes built around the turn of the century (that is 1900, not the recent turn) to a castle and a cottage. Units 10 E and W, and 11 E and W are Victorian homes that served as officer quarters when the Army base was active.

The houses are refurbished, with carpeting and reproductions of Victorian furniture. They have full dining rooms, and most have fireplaces. Kitchens are equipped with the basic necessities and all are large enough to prepare a family dinner. Microwaves are optional. The bedrooms come with bed linens and towels, and include daily housekeeping.

Units 10E and 10W have 3 bedrooms each with a queen bed. Each of these units has 1 1/2 baths. Units 11E and 11W have 6 bedrooms, some with queen beds and some with twin beds. each of these units has 3 bathrooms.

You can go to this link on one of the Fort Worden web pages for more details and photos of the accommodations.

Go to these links for a Google map of the Port Townsend/Fort Worden area and for a link to the home page of Fort Worden's web site:

Google map to Ft. Worden and Port Townsend, Washington

The web site for Fort Worden State Park

Food Services

Dan has mentioned we are obligated to spend $10 per person per day on food services. So, he has booked us into the dining hall the first two nights for "Chef's Choice", which is the buffet for about $14.50 per person (less for those 4 to 8 yrs old or under 4). These meals are from 6:30 to 8 pm; try to be there by 7 pm, when we think they close the doors

The evening of the 28th, when Dan has rented a kitchen/cabana shelter (with grill, stove and sink for $50) on the beach, we will have a barbecue; all are welcome to help prepare this meal. Right now, we are planning a hotdog/hamburger sort of thing, and all ideas are welcome. Please let us know of new ideas ahead of time, since supplies will be procured on Monday, before everyone arrives.

If there are any special diet needs such as food allergies or vegan, please let Dan know as soon as possible (posted on the 4th of July weekend). This request is most urgent in regards to the meals for the first two evenings at the Fort's mess hall.

This arrangement allows us to meet all of our dining obligations at the Fort. The rest of the meals, everyone will be free to 1) cook for themselves - there are kitchens in the houses 2) go to the dining hall - no reservations required or 3) go to town. There is a coffee shop with limited menu that is open from 7 am to 7 pm daily. This is, of course, open for discussion if we want to do some more structured planning.

We are talking about getting breakfast items to share in a simple, open breakfast in the kitchen of one of the houses. We may also arrange for an "hors d'oeuvre" hour at one of the houses prior to the evening meals.

Current Attendees

Here is a list of those currently planning on attending, and the number of rooms reserved for each group:

      Jeannne and Tony Bortolazzo    2
      Allan and Rose Clapp    1
      Rick Hyman    1
      LaNice Korus    1
      Marsha and Lee Martin and family    3
      Joyce and Marc Miller    1
      David Osburn    1?
      Joyce and Ben Pattison    1
      Nancy and Terry Sinclair    2
      Aaron Wright and Kristen Kelly    1
      Bill and Jenny Wright    1
      Dan and Nancy Wright    2
      Jack and Maryjane Wright    1
      Jason and Monique Wright    1
      Jennifer Wright    0

Activities

Marc will be organizing the horseshoes tournament for all who wish to join. So, get ready!

For those of you visiting the Olympic peninsula longer than the few days of the reunion, LaNice has a big stack of information about sites and activities all over the area. She will have them available at the reunion. if you have questions before then, email her at lanice@olympus.net or call her at 360-683-5524.

Directions to Fort Worden

There are two different directions you can take from Seattle to get to Port Townsend and Fort Worden. The first requires a short ferry ride, while the second is all road, including a crossing of the infamous Tacoma Narrows bridge.

To take the ferry from the downtown Seattle area, take I-5 north to exit 177 (Edmonds) and go west. In about 10 minutes, you will come to the ferry terminal for the 1/2 hour ride to Kingston. Click here for the ferry schedule ( a ferry every 40 or 50 minutes). After getting off the ferry in Kingston, take the main road west, which is Highway 104. 4 or 5 miles later, you will cross Hainesville Road, and another mile or 2 later come to a T-intersection. At this intersection, you can continue straight ahead on what becomes highway 307 or turn right onto highway 104. Turn right, and a few miles later go north (very slowly) through the historic town of Port Gamble. Follow the main road through Port Gamble as it turns west. A few miles outside of Port Gamble, you will come to a light at the Hood Canal bridge. Turn right to get on the bridge.

At this point, this path intersects with the path south from Seattle and through Tacoma. So, pick up the trail from The Hood Canal bridge a 3 paragraphs further down.

If you want to try the land route, take I-5 out of Seattle going south. As it nears Tacoma, I-5 turns west, and you will see the Tacoma Dome on the right hand side of I-5 when well into Tacoma. very shortly after the dome, you will have to get into the far right lane to exit onto highway 16. This highway goes north through Tacoma, across the Tacoma Narrows bridge, and north to Port Orchard, which is about 1/2 hour north of Tacoma. After passing Port Orchard's exits you will find yourself on the west side of the Bremerton inlet. On the north side of the inlet, the highway curves east, and the highway changes from 16 to highway 3.

Follow Highway 3 through Bremerton. Almost 1/2 north, you will pass through the Silverdale area, and shortly there after, the highway will change from 2 or more lanes in each direction to a single lane. Go another 8 miles (?) and you will reach the light, where you will need to turn left onto the Hood Canal bridge.

Now that we have everyone on the Hood Canal bridge, cross the bridge and you will be on Highway 104. Follow 104 west less than 10 miles, and you will find a right hand turn onto Highway 19, which heads towards Chimacum. Go through Chimacum and a couple of more miles, and Highway 19 will merge with Highway 20, which heads north or right just a few miles into Port Townsend. Fort Worden is at the north end of Port Townsend.