June 13th, Sequim Bay SP, (Port Gamble)

I'm sorry to say that we are leaving the area tomorrow. We have been here four days and I know we could spend another four easily. There is so much to see and do here but it will have to be another time.

Once again the forecast was for rain but it turned out to be a beautiful day. We've said it again and again; the weather has been incredible but it certainly isn't what we expected, only hoped for.

Guess who decided what was on the agenda today? It had something to do with quilting so it should be obvious. My sister told Linda about this wonderful quilt shop in an old stable barn in Port Gamble which is about 35 miles east of us. I thought, "Oh well, it may be a nice ride...." but was quite surprised with this little town. The town represents one of the few remaining examples of company towns and existed to support sawmills that produced lumber for the world market. Port Gamble was settled in 1853 and the sawmill closed in 1995, after 142 years of operation.


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Prior to walking around town we headed into the quilt shop, known as Quilted Strait. The shop moved to its current location from Port Angeles about three years ago. The building formerly housed the town stables. I saw some nice quilt shops in Alaska last year, and we have some pretty good ones in our area at home, but I think I have a new favorite. I made only a few small purchases. If I ever get back here again, it will be by myself or with our daughters. We will spend both hours and money here. If you are interested in checking it out, go to www.quiltedstrait.com. See for yourself what a great place this is.



Located around the corner from the quilt shop is the main street of town. There are many cute shops/homes lining the street. The gardens are well manicured and the homes are painted colorfully and immaculately maintained.















A friendly gentleman asked if we'd like our picture together. I said, "Sure!!!"



After lunch we set out on the Discovery Trail for a couple miles of walking. The trail is paved and also serves as a bike path so you must stay alert or risk getting run over. The trail varies from heavily forested to open areas with views of Sequim Bay.









We had intended to walk as far at the John Wayne Marina but found the sign directing us back the way we had come from. There was a road we crossed that went down to the marina but we assumed the trail would take us there.



(Later in the evening we drove to John Wayne Marina and it is really a nice facility)

We went on to Johnson Creek and crossed on what used to be the old train trestle and is now part of the trail. Note the Big Leaf maple leaves on the trestle in the bottom left of the picture. They are not real, but crafted out of metal!







Finally we turned around as we approached Washington St. which proceeds into Sequim. At that point we were 3 miles from camp, which means our round trip walk for today was 6 miles.



Tonight we will finish the fabulous strawberries we got at Graysmarsh Farm. Yummm! The only ones we've had that are as good or better are from the Willamette Valley in Oregon.

Tomorrow we leave for the Moses Lake, WA area to visit one of our daughters and family for the weekend.