Saturday, June 30, 2007

Sequim Town Blog About

Dear Sequim Town Blog visitors,
Welcome to our Sequim Town Blog 'About' page. We decided to tell you a bit more about us and this blog than the short blogger profile glimpse on the side bar. We changed recently our old blog title and description, as we wanted to focus more on our personal aspects of our life in Sequim as retirees who moved to Sequim from Hawaii.

Let's put it in a few more humble words. This is not another corporate website but a blog, a weblog about all aspects and facets about us 'Moving to Sequim' and our 'life in Sequim'. If you plan to relocate to Sequim, spend a monthly vacation in Sequim and see for yourselves before buying a new home in Sequim.

Who are 'The Sequimmers'?

We received several emails in the past asking us whether we are realtors in 'disguise'. To tell you the truth, we are not! We, the Sequimmers Heidi & Keoki, are regular folks like all of you. Yes, we supported and support efforts of friends to sell their Sequim Home. Nothing wrong with helping some friends.

In addition, we mention Sequim real estate issues frequently because they play a major rule in this retirement town on the Olympic Peninsula, and we all know it. It never hurts to know more, especially for people who move from California or Arizona or Hawaii, as we did, to Sequim.

What is the goal of Sequim Town Blog

When we decided to leave Hawaii at the end of 2005 and start our retirement life somewhere else around the globe, we started the biggest Internet research campaign we ever did but to be honest, that did not get us anywhere. In our first Sequim blog post we mentioned our consideration to choose Thailand, Costa Rica or New Zealand as retirement places.

The real input came from real people, friends and even guests at our Hawaii vacation cottages. First time when we heard 'Sequim', we did not pay much attention but when we repeatedly heard people raving about Sequim, we started the second phase of our research about Sequim.

We searched all kinds of search terms for Sequim: Sequim weather, Sequim homes for sale, Sequim real estate, Sequim vacation rentals and homes, Sequim life, Sequim town and more. Each time we learned more about this magical 'Sequim' what it means, how the word is pronounced, that there is little rain, that it has a blue hole and more. We got excited when we found blogs or sites from real people, not businesses which wanted to sell us something, but we appreciated people's ideas and experiences what it took to move to Sequim.

This is what this Sequim Town blog is about...our ideas and experiences in Sequim! We are pretty enthusiastic and optimistic in our Sequim articles (most of the time!) because we fell in love with Sequim. We like living here! Well, if you contemplate moving to Sequim, sign up by email for reading the next post. You may also sign up to our feed which is for the savvy Internet people. See both options on the sidebar above our Sequm weather logo.

Don't worry there won't be too many emails in your inbox. We like to do other things too. We love to go to SARC where Keoki is teaching his Easy Stretch Class (Mo + Wed 10:30am), bike the Olympic Discovery Trail, hike the Olympic Mountains, go on trips and more. Taking care of our Hawaii sites HawaiiAffordable and Kohala CoastWeb + our Hawaii Blog does not leave much time to 'retired' life, which keeps us mentally and physically in shape.

We intend to tell people as much as we can about this town and life in Sequim. However, our blog visitors would like to hear from other people too, not just us. Please, join the discussions by commenting. Click 'leave a comment', sign in 'Name/URL' (if you have one, add it with htttp://, if you don't, leave URL blank) or 'anonymous' and write what you think. Let's make this a virtual meeting place for residents and Sequim visitors. We'd love to hear from you soon. Greetings from sunny Sequim.
p.s.
Last but not least, a recommendation for those who intend to move to Sequim. Do what we did! Come for a Sequim vacation and get a feel for the town, the area and the people. We promise you you want to come back for good!!!

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Welcome to Sequim. We've lived here for 6 years, moving from Lynnwood (which is just north of Seattle). My family history traces back the the Blyn and Sequim areas, so moving here felt like we had come full circle.

At the moment we live in Diamond Point, but we in the process of downsizing and selling our house here and moving to smaller home right in town.

Brieanne Fazio said...

I just stumbled across your blog as I was searching for homes for sale :) My husband and I are life long Sequimers and are looking to purchase our first home together soon! It's so nice to see other people who love our town as much as we do!

Heidi said...

Brieanne, thanks for your visit and comment on our Sequim Town blog. Good luck with your house buying plans. There are currently many wonderful Sequim houses for sale at decent prices.

Jane Eleanor said...

Hello!
Our daughter and son-in-law have lived in Tacoma for 10 years and we have given up on them coming back here. They are so happy there. We want to move closer (we live in Missouri), but not in the city. She took us to the Olympic Peninsula recently and we stayed overnight in Sequim. My husband and I were both smitten with the charm and laid back atmosphere. The downtown area is so clean and well done and the easy access to so much natural beauty is amazing. We really enjoyed the air festival and yummy food at the Alder Wood bistro. We think we would be very happy there.
While researching I have come across troubling information though regarding the crime rate there and wondered if anyone would weigh in on it. Are we being mislead by statistics that show a lot of crime, especially thefts, in an area that size? What we are seeing is pretty high rates in Sequim and in Port Angeles, but very low in Port Townsend and Poulsbo. Is this the case? I don't believe this is a deal breaker for us, but I am a little concerned. I know statistics can be misleading and even flat wrong in some cases.
Thank you so much for any input you might have. We love your hometown and hope to make it ours in a few months. Also any advice on anything regarding moving to the area will be greatly appreciated.

Heidi said...

Hello Jane,
Thanks for your visit to our Sequim town blog and your comment, which we appreciate a lot.

With just under 7000 residents, Sequim is "A small friendly town with big town amenities" and has become big attraction to seniors who are looking for the perfect place to retire.

With all the sunny weather - mostly not too hot or too cold - the hiking, biking, boating, golfing and more, Sequim is a great vacation destination.

If you followed our Sequim Town blog posts, you know that we moved from Hawaii to Sequim about 9 yrs. ago and didn't regret it for a minute.

We, the local residents, and the city of Sequim do everything to keep this lovely country city friendly and safe for us and our visitors: most neighborhoods have a 'neighborhood watch" in place, police offers free regular checks of their house, when residents go on vacation, Peninsula Daily News shows big transparency by weekly reporting all the Sequim 'incidents' with addresses, which might be of interest for residents.

We love where we live!

For more information about Sequim, our blog shares a lot of our daily life in Sequim. Please, take some time and read. You find all the different topics to choose from in the bottom of the side bar.

For your moving plans, a monthly visit BEFORE moving is recommended to get in touch with the town and its people.