Dear Sequim Vacation visitors,
We hope all our blog visitors enjoyed the Sequim photos we posted last time to share highlights of our Sequim life during our 3 years of living here.
Will you believe it, despite a colder Sequim winter than ever - that's at least what long time residents tell us and compared to our previous two winters we believe them - our tulips and daffodils are poking their heads out of the ground. Well, Sequim winter does not seem to be over yet, but everybody who loves the Olympic Peninsula is looking forward to spending a nice vacation in the great outdoors like hiking the Olympic National Park, visiting Crescent Lake and Marymere Waterfalls or Hurricane Ridge.
Planning your Sequim summer vacation should not be hard to do. Just remember that Sequim vacation rentals or hotels book fast during the week of the Lavender Festival 7/13 - 7/19/09. Otherwise, planning your Sequim vacation a few weeks ahead should be working out just fine. However, there is a problem which those will be facing, who would like to travel to the Olympic Peninsula during May and till middle of June. You might have heard that our biggest and most frequented connection between the Peninsula and the 'Mainland', the Hood Canal Bridge, will be closed for repair entire May 2009 till middle of June.
When you are planning your Sequim vacation during the months of May and June 2009, be aware that the Hood Canal Bridge will be closed and you need to do a little detour from Seattle Airport to Sequim. As I will be traveling too during that time, we checked the map and decided to do the route from Sea-Tac Airport going south through Olympia - instead of our regular driving route through Tacoma going north from the Airport - and then continue on Hwy 101 all the way to Sequim.
We have done that on our first vacation in Sequim in fall of 2005. We wanted to get to know the area of the Pacific Northwest. And, we loved it. However, you will have to add about an hour to your normal 2-hr driving time to Sequim through Tacoma. So count on a 3-hr trip from Seattle Airport to Sequim during the closure of Hood Canal Bridge.
We have done that on our first vacation in Sequim in fall of 2005. We wanted to get to know the area of the Pacific Northwest. And, we loved it. However, you will have to add about an hour to your normal 2-hr driving time to Sequim through Tacoma. So count on a 3-hr trip from Seattle Airport to Sequim during the closure of Hood Canal Bridge.
Traveling to the Olympic Peninsula
The five alternative driving routes to the Olympic Peninsula during the six-week closure are listed below. WSDOT will be making temporary highway improvements during the closure in anticipation of increased traffic throughout Kitsap, Mason and Jefferson counties.
From Olympia: Take US 101 northbound along the western shore of Hood Canal.
From Tacoma and Bremerton: Take SR 16 from Tacoma, across the Narrows Bridge to its intersection with southbound SR 3 just south of Bremerton. Follow SR 3 to where is intersects with US 101 and follow US 101 northbound.
From Seattle: Take the Washington State ferry from Seattle to Bremerton, then follow the signs for SR 304 West until the turn off to southbound SR 3 just south of Bremerton. Take SR 3 to where it intersects with US 101, and follow US 101 northbound.
From North Puget Sound Area: Take the Washington State ferry from Keystone (on Whidbey Island north of Seattle) to Port Townsend.
From Olympia via Aberdeen/Hoquiam: Take US 101 northbound. This is a longer scenic route that includes the Pacific coastline and parts of Olympic National Park.
Read more about the Hood Canal 2009 closure. Drive safely to Sequim.
The five alternative driving routes to the Olympic Peninsula during the six-week closure are listed below. WSDOT will be making temporary highway improvements during the closure in anticipation of increased traffic throughout Kitsap, Mason and Jefferson counties.
From Olympia: Take US 101 northbound along the western shore of Hood Canal.
From Tacoma and Bremerton: Take SR 16 from Tacoma, across the Narrows Bridge to its intersection with southbound SR 3 just south of Bremerton. Follow SR 3 to where is intersects with US 101 and follow US 101 northbound.
From Seattle: Take the Washington State ferry from Seattle to Bremerton, then follow the signs for SR 304 West until the turn off to southbound SR 3 just south of Bremerton. Take SR 3 to where it intersects with US 101, and follow US 101 northbound.
From North Puget Sound Area: Take the Washington State ferry from Keystone (on Whidbey Island north of Seattle) to Port Townsend.
From Olympia via Aberdeen/Hoquiam: Take US 101 northbound. This is a longer scenic route that includes the Pacific coastline and parts of Olympic National Park.
Read more about the Hood Canal 2009 closure. Drive safely to Sequim.
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