I leave Camp Granada feeling a bit traumatized. As if my week of campground chaos has not been enough, as I am trying to make a fast and clean getaway, a nice young couple in an 800-4-RENT rig pulls in behind me at the dump station, just as I am gloving up. The man approaches with some trepidation, and in a heavy British accent asks, “Mind if I watch? This is my first time at this, and I don’t know how. I am hoping you don’t mind if I look on?” Continue reading
My Seattle friends Deb and Amy treated me to a day trip to Roslyn, WA, also known as “Cicely, Alaska.” It is always such a treat when anyone offers to drive me ANYWHERE, as I am always behind the wheel, missing the scenery as I am too focused on the road… Continue reading
I gave some thought to cutting my losses at Camp Granada and moving on. After all, it wasn’t about the money. But to do so would have negated the very reason I had driven 125 miles, waited in line for 45 minutes for a $71 ferry, only to give up and drive all the way around via Tacoma to get to Bellevue. To give up would have meant departing sunny Sequim to spend time with my friends Deb and Amy in Seattle, only to leave before I even had the chance to see them. Continue reading
Sequim Lavender Festival, Sequim, Washington
18th thru 20th July, 2014
“Lavender Capital of the Nation”
Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm
Through the “kindness of strangers,” who I now consider great friends, I am driveway surfing in Sequim, just 3 blocks from Dungeness Bay. I mentioned to my Winnie friends, Scott and Jan from Eugene that I really wanted to visit the lavender festival. After all, Sequim is “The Lavender Capital of our Nation.” But I was late in making my reservations, and all the campgrounds were full for the weekend. Continue reading
The weekend masses have not yet descended upon Cougar Rock Campground, so it is a cool, quiet morning. I marvel at my good fortune to get two blue sky days in a row in one of the “the snowiest places on earth.” I can see a few wisps of clouds, though, so I know the weather system is changing, so I hurry out for my intended destination for the day, Sunrise. Continue reading
After being in Oregon for two glorious, fun-packed months, it is finally time to say goodbye. Summer is fleeting, and the entire state of Washington is still yet to be explored. I have loved the state of Oregon more than any other state in the US…granted, I have yet to spend a winter here. But the winters would have to be pretty darned horrendous to offset the glory days of summer. Continue reading