Lavender!!!

The Sequim Lavender Festival should be on everybody's bucket list! I was here 8 years ago-just happened to be here at the right time. This year I planned a little better, and several friends were here to share the enjoyment. Sequim is located on Washington's Olympic peninsula and is well suited for growing all types of lavender. There are farm tours and street fairs-something for everybody and lavender products you might never see anywhere else! Each farm offers acres and acres of lavender, some areas where you can cut your own, musical entertainment, food and gift shops filled with locals' crafts. Just before the weekend we (Jeanne Williams, Teresa Johnson and I) visited the Sunshine Herb and Lavender Farm owned and operated by the Ragsdales. Jeanne thought they might be relatives, since her maiden name is Ragsdale. There's a possibility they may be cousins.....

You can drive yourself to each farm or pick up a shuttle to visit the 8 farms on this venue. There are many more farms you are invited to visit.  On Saturday, Cecile Thompson and I visited the Olympic Lavender Farm, The Jardin Du Soleil, and the street fair with over 100 venders. Whew!

At a u-pick, this gentleman has a lovely bunch!

And, she's gathering a fragrant group...I just bought a few plants...

Now, I have to plan a trip back to Coarsegold....going to MI for a wedding!

From Port Townsend to Port Angeles

...And little stops in between. I've been here before, eight years ago-but I don't recall sightseeing too much. I do remember going to Victoria and since I've been there recently I didn't want to go again, so I just took day trips to see what's on the Olympic Peninsula. Of course, you have to take into the fact that it's beautiful, sunny and warm for two or three days, then stormy, rainy and icky for the next three days..so trips came in spurts.

This is Discovery Bay. Its East of Port Townsend and flow into the Straits of Juan De Fuca

Right at the point of the Bay is a very nice Visitors information/center run by the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe. It's actually in a little town called Blyn. As you get into Port Angeles you see the signs to the Olympic National Park 

The drive to Hurricane Ridge is stunning! Not to be missed!

The deer are so tame-but it's best to remember they're not! They can do a lot of damage to a car. I saw a lot of signs about elk but no live elk today....

There's a spectacular Visitor's Center at Hurricane Ridge-and the view-oh my!

I took these to show the panoramic view of the Mts., including Mt. Olympis

And now, on to the Lavendar Festival this weekend!