Blogs from Sequim, Washington, United States, North America

Day 3 Today began with clear skies and long roads. After breakfast we packed our luggage and checked out of the hotel heading north to Sequim. As we get on the interstate we spot Mt Rainier – the mountain we could not see the day before due to weather. We could tell that today would be a great day on the mountain since the skies are so much clearer and briefly debate going to back to Mt Rainier before heading towards Olympic. But decide that an extra 5 hours in the car would not be the wisest decision, so we take a picture of the famous mountain (from the car window) and pursue with our original plan, taking the scenic route, but Garmin did not like it. “Recalculating” - GPSs – you love them and hate ... read more

One more thing... I want to recommend to you all that you also tune into our traveling companions blog, Rob & Susie Knudson and their son Mitchel. Their blogs are excellent descriptions from another perspective of the places we've been. Google Susie and Rob Knudson on travelblog.org. Shalom again...... read more

Well, this is it! I've survived the techno-journey into blogger-land, surely I can make it to Israel. They said it'd be easy they just didn't tell me I'd have to read the instructions. This is my first blog and the first test on my first blog. I've added all my favorite peeps to my suscriber list ~ apparently all suscribers receive automatic notification when ever I post a new blog entry ~ so if you'd rather not be included on my favorite peeps list please just let me know and I'll delete you ~ no fuss, no muss, no hard feelings. Ron and I are so excited to be going to Israel. We've been there once before on a huge tour but this will be different ~ smaller group of people and with a different focus. ... read more

(unten das Deutsche) C says: We love this city and are not 'sleepless'! Ha ha! Me again: It's true though, we've got a fantastic hostel with a fireplace with comfy cushion area and a wood effect fireplace. So cosy- don't want to leave! Visited downtown Seattle yesterday and walked around all day today. We had Jalapeno Chilli and Strawberry Ice cream near a Lenin statue in a cool neighourhood called Fremont. Yum! Donika now has a tummyache because she ate too much chocolate during our guided tour through THEO's chocolate factory-also in Fremont. It was really interesting to find out about chocolate production right from the plant and bean to an actual bar. We're planning to visit a Cocoa plantation in Costa Rica now! Seattle is the nicest city we've visited so far. Lots of lovely ... read more

We visited Sequim, Washington and the surrounding area on an extended weekend trip during July of 2007. I did not write a day by day account of this trip, so below I will provide a brief summary of the places we saw and things we did. Sequim is located on the Olympic Peninsula of Washington State along the Dungeness River near the base of the Olympic Mountains. It is most famously known as one of the driest spots in Washington, only receiving an average of 15 inches of rain each year. Because of the lack of rain, the city has attracted many retirees, including Mike’s grandparents, who call Sequim home for six to seven months each year. Our reason for visiting the area was of course to visit his grandparents, but I also wanted to see ... read more