Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Summer 2015 part two Fun with Tracy!

Our time in Whatcom and Skagit Counties has come to an end.  It was hot for the Pacific Northwest; thankfully there are no more 90 degree days, and probably no more 80 degree days either.  In fact, even our days of sunshine are limited. (:
We will miss  spending time with our PNW family.  Tom and Sonia welcomed us with a place to stay, a warm heart and fun times in their beautiful backyard.  Kevin and Earlene kept us well fed with five star meals, welcomed us to Kevin’s family and helped us to connect with Cory and his family.  Tracy was our tour guide extraordinaire, introducing us to her piece of the Pacific North West.  Thanks again to you, one and all.
The Olympic Peninsula welcomed us back.  It has been two years since we were here. 
We are spending the month of September at GilGal Oasis RV Park in Sequim (skwim), Washington.  This is one of the nicest parks we have stayed at and very centrally located.  We have a great view of the Olympics, without snow on the tops they are almost unrecognizable. Maybe there is something to that global warming.
Sequim is in the Olympic mountain rain shadow; the clouds go around the mountains from west to east and leave the area directly to the east, rain and cloud free; well, relative to the rest of rain soaked Washington that is.  The sailors of old called the area the “blue hole.” Washington weathercasters use the term “sunbreaks,” to give you an idea about PNW weather. Sun is to Washington as rain is to Arizona.
Turn on the news and you will see the plight of the refugees from the collapse of the Middle East; they left a hot sandy country. But, wait; that is what we do every summer. We are refugees; taking refugee from the desert heat. The good news is we don’t have to worry about losing our heads, where we are going to sleep, or if we are going to have something to eat. We are very fortunate we were born in the land of the free.
There are those that work Monday thru Friday so we can rest on our laurels.  In appreciation we stay home on weekends and holidays, so Labor Day is no different; besides, it is raining.
We are having a good time here at Gil Gal Oasis RV Park.  Most of the people here attended Happy Hour last night, lots of food, adult beverages and conversation. We have a Taco Bell about 100 feet away, esta bien! 
I love this area because of the lack of crowds; but I find it is somewhat boring. Yesterday we had lunch at a French “expensive” restaurant; the Alder Wood Bistro. For that much money we could have had several meals elsewhere, and I would have liked them. Enough on that.  Sunny Farms garden and grocery saved the day; beautiful flowers and wonderful produce.
Hooray! Tracy saved us from the Doldrums. She called and said she was on the Coupeville-Port Townsend Ferry and asked us if we were busy. That was a no brainer! We drove around Sequim and wound up at the Dungeness Spit.  At five miles long it is the longest in the United States and growing at a rate of 20’ a year. At the end of the spit is a gleaming white Lighthouse, still shining the light for all Straights of Juan De Fuca shipping traffic.
Nighttime found us at Blondie’s housed inside an old church, a real hip (yes, even in Sequim) restaurant and bar eating tapas style (order several plates and serve like Chinese) and drinking Blondie’s Special Vodka Mules. They did kick butt!
The next night we tried Nourish, another upscale restaurant with organic everything. Hi price for mostly rabbit food but a neat place, very original.
Monday we went to the Oak Table to have lunch with our friends from The Escapees Coho Park in Chimicum, Washington where we spent three summers as weekend managers.  It had been two years since we last saw them and it was fun catching up, we had a lot of that to do; there were 32 people altogether.
That night Tracy went with us back to Blondie’s for those great Mules and good food.  Ugh; were we ever full. We sure have a lot of fun with Tracy.






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