9/30/08-10/08/08 Sequim, WA

We arrived in Sequim, WA on Tuesday, September 30.  We took a large ferry from Edmonds, WA to Kingston, WA with our motor home.  We were parked with semi trucks on the ferry.  The upper deck was a large lounge you could relax in (sorry no liquor).  To our Thousand Trails friends we stayed at Diamond Point Resorts, a ROD park that was small, but very nice.  They have several deer that wander around the campground.  There is a great, mostly paved rails-to-trails bike and hiking trail a few miles from the campground.  The Olympic Discovery Trail is around 35 miles long now and eventually will connect with another trail to go all the way to the coastline.  We rode for 17 miles and 25 miles on the trail with hills and trees with leaves changing color.  What a beautiful and safe trail to ride on.  On Thursday we visited our nephew and his family who had just moved to Sequim from FL a few months ago.  We went out for lunch and had a really nice visit with them. Their little girl, Kensie, is so cute and full of fun.  She decided since she was the boss of their house, we could be her grandparents too if we wanted to be.  We had hardly seen her before this and by the time we left we were great friends with her.  We also went to the Olympic Game Farm. The game farm worked for Disney for a time and they did filming there.  They had a laughing bear that was a star of a tv show.  Before returning to the campground we visited the John Wayne Marina. They said years ago, John Wayne wanted to park his boat there and when they wouldn’t let him he bought the property.  It’s dedicated to him now with lots of memorabilia.  On October 4 we drove to Hurricane Ridge In the Olympic National Park, but it was too cloudy to see the view. The road was closed during the week for construction, so we never had a chance to go back.  We drove to Pt. Angeles to the docks and saw some large ships.  Then we went out for Richie’s birthday dinner at a casino in Sequim.  On October 5 we drove to Cape Flattery, WA.  On the way there we stopped at Lake Crescent and got some great pictures of a rainbow.  Cape Flattery is the farthest point NW in WA, so this was as far as we could get from home in the NW without going to Canada. Cape Flattery has a beautiful, rugged coastline. We saw one seal and one whale, but weren’t fast enough to get a picture.  Our next stop will be Copalis Beach, WA.