after a 2 hour unexpected wait for a ferry last night, we were pleased to arrive in sequim (that's pronounced "skwim" for you non-locals) a little earlier than we feared. we settled into our hotel room, chose a restaurant, found the supposed address on a map, and then ventured out and off the beaten track. that restaurant was not located at that address. disappointed, but yet adventurous, we returned to said beaten track and began to look for something more local to our hotel, using the next-door mexican restaurant as our backup. we spent about 20 minutes venturing back and forth down the main drag of sequim, looking for something interesting to eat, and finally decided on our fall-back mexican restaurant. sadly, it closed just minutes before we arrived. we were out of luck and facing mcdonalds. thankfully - it didn't come to that. we found a little sports bar called "tailgate pizza" and enjoyed a fabulous, unusually topped pizza while catching the last inning of the mariner's game on giant HD screens.
we were up at a very decent hour this morning, had breakfast at Hurricane Coffee Co., and then ventured out to Railroad Bridge Park. we wandered for a bit, then headed up to the Dungeness Spit, intending to get out to the lookout, photograph the lighthouse from afar (walking the 4.8 mile sandy spit takes the better part of the day, and we simply had too much to see). still being early in the day, it was very foggy. the view of the lighthouse was less than ideal, but it was a nice walk anyway, and the bluffs were gorgeous.
sequim prides itself on, and is known for, it's lavender. there are at least half a dozen lavender farms in the area, and you can't swing a cat in any store without hitting a jar of lavender honey or a bar of lavender soap (not that i'm doing a whole lot of cat-swinging in sequim, but that's neither here nor there). it just so happens that lavender is on my top-5-favorite-flowers list, so when we planned this trip, i talked matt into a field trip. (heh.)
so, we headed back to town and stopped at the Purple Haze Lavender Farm. the fragrance of lavender hung heavy in the air and i drank it in. a quick snack of lemon-lavender ice cream (yes before lunch - but it was amazing!!), and we headed back to our hotel room for a little rest.
we've had a swim in the pool and now* we're off to get a late lunch and do some wandering around town. tonight, we'll have dinner at the casino, and i insist on at least one serving of Dungeness Crab before we leave tomorrow. Wink
more later.
*written around 12pm on saturday.
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