We arrived to our spot on the Bay right outside of Sequim Washington and it could not have met our needs better; A restaurant, bar right across the street, the bay with a beach Teddy can run on and only a couple miles from Pickleball, coffee, and shopping. The Olympic National Park is right here also.

The RV Park is across the street from the Marina and there is a very nice walk along the docks with a beach for beachcombing. Teddy loved being able to run on the beach and get his toes wet!

We took a drive up to Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park on Saturday. It was beautiful and a little crowded but we were able to see what we wanted. As we were driving up the mountain there was lots of fog hiding the valley views

We had a very nice lunch with this view and then took a short walk. We don’t get to hike much as I just can’t yet and we can’t bring Teddy – he has to wait in the car

Port Townsend is only about 20 miles away. We have been there and spent a night once. It is a very cute, hippy sort of town. We took a drive there and enjoy the views

Coupeville is on Whidbey Island where we will be going next.

Sequim is known for its Lavender Farms which were started in the 90’s and now is known as the Lavender capitol of North America. They only get about 16″ of rainfall per year but because of the Mountains and the Strait of San Juan de Fuca they get a lot of humidity that helps with keeping there forest areas growing.

The farms are not large and they all have a gift shop. They make lots of oils and fragrances along with the t-shirts and expensive gift items. We missed harvest time but then there were no crowds. I bought some lemon shortbread cookies that had lavender. The taste was really good but they smelled like soap.

Dungeness spit and National Wildlife Reserve is the other attraction in Sequim. Sequim is known for Crab and we see lots of crab nets. The spit is a 5 mile sand bar that leads out to a lighthouse which we did not get to visit. The only way out is to walk on the beach, preferably at low tide or take a private boat. From the Wildlife Reserve it is a 1/2 mile walk through the forest to get to the spit and then it’s 5 miles out! We may have walked a 1/2 mile on the beach but mostly just went out to hang out!

You can actually stay in the lighthouse and then they will bring you out. Paul’s sister Cindy did this a while ago!

We have been busy while we have been in Sequim. This was the perfect place to come.

We arrived at Dash Point State Park which is right on Puget Sound and they brag about their pier and beach. Usually I love State Parks as they get you close to nature and away from other campers. We chose this one because they had full amenities which we thought it was going to be really hot (forecast says 90 today!). Driving to the Park took us along the sound and it was so pretty and then we arrive at the Park, no water view but lots of trees. Ok, I’m excited to enjoy some nature while Paul works. We get to our site and we are parked right next to a family of I don’t know how many – they had to move their car out of our site so we could park! The site on our patio side is right there with nothing between us! This is more like a RV Resort but no laundry! Oh well, its only a few days.

Then the RV that will be occupying the site on our patio side shows up! He will be here all week also. He is very chatty and keeps coming around asking if his music is bothering me! The music is not too loud and I would rather not here it all day but his asking every hour is bothering me!!! Oh well, its only a few days and we have been in tighter quarters before.

We decide to walk to the beach and quickly realize there is no easy way there; walk across the road and continue down the road to the day use area – straight down for almost a mile! I won’t be doing that. We did find a trail from the campground but it is narrow, along a cliff and straight down also!

This week won’t be what I thought but we have plenty of electricity and the water pressure is good so TV and long hot showers in a State Park is a perk you usually don’t have in a State Park. The internet isn’t great but its useable.

Friday we head to Sequim WA for a week of vacation! A new area to explore.