Inspired by our circumnavigation of the Olympic Peninsula, we thought we'd try a day trip to Kingston and Edmonds—two of our favorite destinations. Our good friend Irma came with us, which made the trip even more fun.

We started by taking a metro bus from the apartment to the Seattle ferry terminal, where we met up with Irma and boarded the Kitsap passenger ferry to Kingston. At 30 knots, the trip takes barely more than a half hour.

When we arrived at Kingston, the tide was an extremely low -1.7 feet. The dock at the boat ramp was mostly high and dry!

While strolling around Kingston we came upon this colorful inn. Ending up back at the ferry dock, we enjoyed a nice picnic lunch provided by Irma.

Whenever we visit Kingston, we can't resist treating ourselves to a crepe at the little creperie near the ferry dock. Then it was time to board the Washington State ferry to Edmonds. Since we were traveling eastbound as walk-on passengers, there was no charge for the crossing.

We walked around Edmonds for a while before catching a bus to the Lynnwood transit center. A light rail train was waiting to take us back to Seattle.

Total time: five hours. Total cost (two buses, two ferries, and the light rail): $7 each. Coincidentally this was exactly the same as our entire trip around the Olympic Peninsula. Almost all of it was the $6 fare for the Seattle-Kingston fast ferry, but it was well worth it.