<h3>过去的两个星期，西雅图地区遇上几十年仅见的连续降雪，大雪封路，学校关闭。上个星期四学校才开始上课。星期六开始一个长周末，我们到西雅图西面的岛屿、半岛游玩。老天帮忙，今天艳阳高照，晴空万里，海湾碧绿湛蓝，海水清澈见底。美丽的海景，令人流连忘返。</h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>回到旅馆，已是红霞满天。</h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>这是昨天早上从同一个窗口望海湾，倒有几分神似杭州的“山色空濛雨亦奇”。</h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>早饭过后出门，老天果然不负众望，开始放晴。</h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>西雅图地区，几乎处处可以通向大海。比如西雅图东面的华盛顿湖，虽然是内陆湖泊，却有人工建设的船闸，使得船只可以出海。</h3><h3><br></h3><h3>地图上这个庞大的水网，是普吉特海湾。<span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px;">海灣本身是一個</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B2%B3%E5%8F%A3" title="河口" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">河口</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px;">系統</span><sup id="cite_ref-epaest_3-0" class="reference" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 1; font-size: 0.75em; background-image: none; unicode-bidi: isolate; white-space: nowrap; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34);"><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%99%AE%E5%90%89%E7%89%B9%E6%B5%B7%E6%B9%BE#cite_note-epaest-3" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 14.823529243469238px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">[3]</a></sup><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px;">，結構複雜，交織着通往海洋的水道和盆地。當中有一大一小的通道透過</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%83%A1%E5%AE%89%C2%B7%E5%BE%B7%E5%AF%8C%E5%8D%A1%E6%B5%B7%E5%B3%A1" class="mw-redirect" title="胡安·德富卡海峡" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">胡安·德富卡海峡</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px;">与</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%AA%E5%B9%B3%E6%B4%8B" title="太平洋" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">太平洋</a><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px;">相连。</span></h3><h3><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">整个海湾周边地区集中了</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%8E%E7%9B%9B%E9%A1%BF%E5%B7%9E" title="华盛顿州" style="white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">华盛顿州</a><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">九大城市中的六个：</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%A5%BF%E9%9B%85%E5%9B%BE_(%E5%8D%8E%E7%9B%9B%E9%A1%BF%E5%B7%9E)" class="mw-redirect" title="西雅图 (华盛顿州)" style="white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">西雅图</a><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">、</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A1%94%E7%A7%91%E9%A9%AC_(%E5%8D%8E%E7%9B%9B%E9%A1%BF%E5%B7%9E)" title="塔科马 (华盛顿州)" style="white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">塔科马</a><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">、</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%83%E5%BC%97%E9%87%8C%E7%89%B9_(%E8%8F%AF%E7%9B%9B%E9%A0%93%E5%B7%9E)" title="埃弗里特 (華盛頓州)" style="white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">埃弗里特</a><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">、</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%82%AF%E7%89%B9_(%E5%8D%8E%E7%9B%9B%E9%A1%BF%E5%B7%9E)" title="肯特 (华盛顿州)" style="white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">肯特</a><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">、</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%9D%E5%B0%94%E7%BB%B4%E5%B0%A4_(%E5%8D%8E%E7%9B%9B%E9%A1%BF%E5%B7%9E)" title="贝尔维尤 (华盛顿州)" style="white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">贝尔维尤</a><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">和</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B4%B9%E5%BE%B7%E5%8B%92%E5%B0%94%E9%9F%A6_(%E5%8D%8E%E7%9B%9B%E9%A1%BF%E5%B7%9E)" class="mw-redirect" title="费德勒尔韦 (华盛顿州)" style="white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">费德勒尔韦</a><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">，人口约400万，通稱為</span><a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E6%99%AE%E5%90%89%E7%89%B9%E5%9C%B0%E5%8D%80&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="普吉特地區（页面不存在）" style="white-space: normal; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(221, 51, 51); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">普吉特地區</a><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">。</span><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);"><br></span></h3><h3><font color="#222222" face="Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Nimbus Sans L, Arial, Liberation Sans, sans-serif"><span style="caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 19.764705657958984px; white-space: normal;">普吉特海湾的水上交通连接地图上标示红点的各个城镇。</span></font></h3><h3><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px;"><br></span></h3><h3><span style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2); white-space: normal; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-size: 19.764705657958984px;"><br></span></h3> <h3>近岸水域，海水清澈见底。</h3> <h3><br></h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>好多条汽车轮渡(Ferry)航线,方便人们开车到达各个岛屿、轮渡码头。</h3> <h3>古色古香的旅游胜地 Port Townsend。维多利亚时代风格的建筑，下面门市是颇具特色的商店。</h3> <h3>比如这是一家专门经营橄榄油的商店，竟有如此之多琳瑯满目不同品种的橄榄油。</h3> <h3>Point Wilson 灯塔在 Port Townsend 尖端。</h3> <h3>Port Townsend 与 西雅图的相对位置。</h3> <h3>在灯塔旁边原来是 Worden 要塞。这几排楼房是士兵的营房。</h3> <h3>对面是军官的住房。</h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>Seabeck 州立公园。</h3> <h3>从这儿远眺奥林匹克国家公园，可以看到冰川入海的遗迹：巨大 U 型的山口。（类似大提顿 Grand Teton 国家公园）</h3><h3><br></h3> <h3>我第一次看到一位“风筝冲浪”运动员从准备到下水的全过程。</h3> <p style="white-space: normal; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none;">風箏衝浪</b>（Kiteboarding）是透過大型充氣支架風箏連結到人體上，並腳踏<a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E9%A2%A8%E7%AE%8F%E6%B5%AA%E6%9D%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="風箏浪板（页面不存在）" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(221, 51, 51);">風箏浪板</a>或<a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E8%A1%9D%E6%B5%AA%E6%9D%BF&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="衝浪板（页面不存在）" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(221, 51, 51);">衝浪板</a>在水面航行的<a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%81%8B%E5%8B%95" class="mw-redirect" title="運動" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">運動</a>。該運動僅發展短短十餘年。是目前水上運動發展最快的運動。</h3><p style="white-space: normal; margin-top: 0.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; border: 0px; font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Nimbus Sans L", Arial, "Liberation Sans", sans-serif; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; font-size: 19.764705657958984px; background-image: none; caret-color: rgb(34, 34, 34); color: rgb(34, 34, 34); -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2);">透過大型風箏的力量可以有效的帶動人體在水面滑行或者飛躍高空。本運動需要充足的風況來進行操作。隨著風箏技術的進步，目前已經可從8 <a href="https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%AF%80_(%E5%96%AE%E4%BD%8D)" title="節 (單位)" style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: none; color: rgb(107, 75, 161);">節</a>(knots)的風況玩到40節(knots)。</h3> <h3>今天 （2019.2.18）我们回家。坐汽车轮渡。</h3> <h3>到西雅图市中心的轮渡码头了，准备开车下船。</h3> <h3>各位朋友，咱们下次再聊！</h3>