June 12th, Sequim Bay SP (Port Townsend)

We left our campsite this morning around 9:30am. The weather reports were not encouraging but we have only a few days and many things we want to see. When we arrived in Port Townsend, which is northeast of Sequim, we were greeted with bright, sunny weather. We parked the truck and browsed shops for about an hour....well, I browsed, anyway. Glen for the most part found benches outside that were calling his name. I was impressed with not only the quality of the shops, but the beauty of the older buildings and the work that had gone into renovations. These were not "run-of-the-mill" souvenir/junk shops, but many with high end goods; apparel and jewelry, along with restaurants and galleries. It was a pleasure to go through them and not see the same items over and over again.















We had worked up an apetite after the browsing so stopped for lunch at a little place on the water called Jordini's. We sat on the back deck and enjoyed watching the ferry cross the bay to Whidbey Island.



Some of the waterfront.





After lunch we drove around town a bit and admired the many renovated Victorians...too many beautiful ones to include here.





There were many beautiful gardens around town. This one was located on a corner right downtown.



The Jefferson County Courthouse was constructed in 1892 and business is still conducted there. It is built of red brick and has an imposing 124-foot clock tower, pretty much visible all over town.



After taking the picture I walked back toward the truck and heard a clippity-clop coming down the street. Heading right at me were two doe....white tail? I'm not sure, but they were moving, trying to avoid traffic. We thought there might be some pretty unhappy homeowners and gardeners in the area. I could just imagine them chomping away at all the beautiful gardens.





Our travels today culminated in a trip to the Graysmarsh Berry/Lavender Farm in Sequim. Glen's sister has been buying berries here for years whenever she is in the area. In June they have wonderful strawberries. We bought a half flat. In July through August it's raspberries, loganberries and blackberries. Lavender is available from July through August. The berries will be a treat for the next several days.





It has been raining on and off since we returned to the campground. Our weather luck continues.