There is no telling how many miles you will have to run while chasing a dream.
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| Lake Crescent |
What a day Saturday was! We did it all. Well, we did just about everything we intended to do. It started fairly early. We were planning to meet Lee and Loralie at the Farmer’s Market aka Open Aire Market held every Saturday downtown Sequim at 10:00. This town is pretty small so we thought we’d take a little drive to check out a couple marinas, a restaurant and the city park. Now that sounds a lot to do in an hour but it wasn’t considering that no one point was more than five minutes from the other.
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| Dungeness School House |
Our first stop was at the 3 Crabs Restaurant. We wanted to check out the location and the restaurant with the thought that we might return for dinner. We also stopped by a couple of the local boat launches and viewed the tidelands. The area is protected and wildlife can find food and shelter from wind, waves, and pounding surf. Shorebirds and waterfowl feed and nest along the beaches. Seals haul out of the water to rest in the sun. This was just a drive-by even though I did walk out and on one of the wildlife viewing stations. That was just about all that time allowed and we did arrive at the market just before 10:00.
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| Dungeness Tideland and Bird Sanctuary |
Sequim has a nice little Open Aire Market and it’s not too big or too small. We enjoyed walking through and checking out all the little booths. We didn’t spend much money but certainly did a lot of looking.
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| Lee and Loralie sampling the goods. |
Afterwards, Terry and I took off for Lake Crescent and Lake Sutherland. Both of these lakes are just a few miles west of Port Angeles. It had been years and years since I had been to them. I thought it would be fun to see how they had changed. We used to swim in the public swimming area at Lake Sutherland. Now everything around the lake is private. At least we couldn’t find any public areas after driving around it. Needless to say, it was rather disappointing.
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| Lake Crescent |
We visited the Log Cabin Resort on Lake Crescent. It’s a beautiful lake with brilliant blue water and exceptional clarity. We used to say that Lake Crescent was the bottomless lake because it’s so deep. The official depth is a little over 600 feet but that’s only because the equipment used to measure it at the time could only read to that level. It is estimated that it is really at least 1000 feet in places. It is considered the second deepest lake in Washington State but my thought is if they can't measure it, how do they know.
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| Lake Sutherland | |
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| Wally at work |
We also, made a stop at Wally’s place (my cousin) which is right down the road from Freshwater Bay. My dad did a lot of fishing around Freshwater Bay. We caught Wally cutting timber and decided this probably wasn’t the best time to visit. He has a gorgeous home overlooking the Straits. He has a couple RV sites on his property and tried to twist our arm to move the rig there. However, we were thinking we might be heading a little in the other direction this time at least.
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| Freshwater Bay |
There were a couple other places we always have to stop at when we visit the Port Angeles area. One is Ediz Hook aka the Spit and the other is Swain’s. |
| Ediz Hook |
Ediz Hook is a 3 mile sand-spit that is paved with a beach on both sides. The views from here are spectacular. The view to the north is of the Strait of Juan de Fuca plus the landscape of British Columbia, Canada. You can often see marine traffic traveling between the Pacific Ocean and Vancouver or Seattle. Orca pods travel these waters too and if you happen to be watching, you just might see them.
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| Canada in the distance |
The view to the south are the Olympic Mountains and Port Angeles. Even on a clear day, you can often see heavy clouds being held back by the mountains. A coast guard base and the lighthouse is at the end of the Spit. This area is not accessible to the public.
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| View of Port Angeles and the Olympic Mountains |
Next, we were off to Swain’s General Store. This store has a little bit of a lot of things. It’s fun to stop by and see what’s in stock. It used to be just an army surplus store but over the years many other items have been added. They’ve added a few other stores around the area but none of them are like the original.
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| Dungeness Crab Louie |
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| Terry's oyster stew |
It definitely was another full day but we still needed to eat. After checking on Duchess we decided to return to the 3 Crabs Restaurant for dinner. It was more oyster stew for Terry and Dungeness crab louie for me. We loved the food and the beachie ambiance.
But …………. the day wasn’t over yet. Loralie invited us for dessert. It wasn’t any dessert but it was rhubarb shortcake! Again, it was fantastic. We enjoyed the food and the company. By the time we caught up with everything we had going on in the past, the present and the future, we drove home and dropped into bed.
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| This is the view just across the road from where Lee and Loralie have their RV. Isn't it gorgeous and peaceful? |
It was Saturday. It was a long, long day. We did it all. Sunday ….. we’re off to Whidbey Island and a visit to Spiker.
*** This is an RV park where Lee and Loralie were staying. They were there for a month. Since they had stayed for a full month, they were responsible for mowing and weed eating their site once a week. The lawn mower and weed eater were provided. All they needed to provide was their time and landscaping skills. Anyone else been asked to do this? That's actually not the end of their story though. When they went to get the lawn mower they were told not on Sunday because people there were on vacation. How funny!
RV parks and their rules or guidelines never seem to amaze you. There was also the park we stopped at recently to check out. On their paperwork they indicated they offered a monthly rate. However, if you wanted to stay a month, you had to fill out the necessary paperwork for a background check! Now do people really turn over all their personal information in order to stay a month? ***
Both lakes look lovely! I have never heard of mowing and weeding and never have been asked. That is crazy! I see coats on people at the market. How cold is it? It did look overcast.
ReplyDeleteWe are in one site in Minnesota for the whole summer. We are required to mow but it was not specified how often. I wish there was a weed whip, too, as there are places we'd actually prefer to use it. The owner of this lot does come around every couple of weeks or so and he mows when he's here so Dave has actually not had to mow much. And it doesn't take long when it's only one RV lot. At least when Dave mows he waits until after I wake up. We pay for our electricity, too, but that's not so unusual in a monthly site.
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ReplyDeleteWell Lee got it mowed and it didn't take long. It does look really nice now. We decided that in a way it made sense since you wouldn't want someone moving all your stuff so they could mow as our lot is all grass. Still kindof funny huh?