Happy New Year to our Sequim blog visitors and Sequim friends

Dear Sequim blog visitors and friends in Sequim and around the world,
The Christmas holidays are over and regular Sequim life has taken over again. Hope you all had a great New Year's Eve with family or friends. We had our Sun Meadow friends over for some games. Enjoyed the company and caught up with Sequim life during our vacation time in Mexico.

New Year's Eve midnight came fast and passed in Sequim without much ado. We had the best seats in town, overlooking Sequim town, Bell Hill, Emerald Heights but Sequim showed a sleepy and laid back attitude. Only a few fireworks were to be seen, which was fine with us. TV broadcasted the fireworks from the Space Needle in Seattle. It was amazing how many people had been gathering and waiting there in the cold - at least no rain! - for the big fireworks. The Spaceneedle fireworks had a few glitches but after a few minutes passed and TV reporters got a bit nervous, the fireworks finally took off and were nearly as impressive as the ones from Sydney or the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

Well, here we are in the new year. Ready to roll and rumbo. I signed up again for SARC, our favorite gym and swimming indoor pool in Sequim. Keoki's Stretch Class at SARC started up again, with a number of new people, who made staying in good health and shape their new year's resolution. Keoki's Easy Stretch Routine is available on DVD + on Video.

I know that I repeat myself when I tell all these people who find our blog because of doing research about our small town retirement life in Sequim that there is hardly any day that we don't enjoy the famous Sequim blue hole in the skies. It's amazing to see the gray skies in both directions, to the east Seattle direction or the West of Port Angeles.

We get our blue hole in Sequim! Sequim weather is different! One thing though we have learnt by now. The blue hole does not last for ever, especially when it's days with weather forecasts predicting the worst weather for other areas. So when the sky shows the blue hole, don't hesitate. Bundle up and get out for your daily walk and catch of a few sun rays. After 2 hours it may be all be over. There is no better place than Carrie Blake Park, even in winter. Aaahhh the views of the snowcovered Olympic Mountains!

Anybody who wants to connect with us because they want to move to Sequim, please, feel free to leave a comment or write us an email. We even rent out our Sequim Vacation Apartment for a month in winter at a great discount rate. We will happily share our Sequim life experiences with anybody who is interested. So stay in touch with our Sequim blog and us. The Sequimmers

Tags: Sequim Town blog, Sequim blue hole

Sunny Sequim Weather in Fall !!!

Its as good as it gets in the Pacific Northwest. Is it time to hibernate in Sequim? Not Yet! Certainly Fall weather has arrived effecting our Sequim life each day with a color palette from golden yellow to dark reds, dahlias are still blooming in our flower beds but night temperatures are going under 50 degrees. It feels great to get the benefit of a heat pump and the ambiance of a wood stove.

For all those who still doubt the truth of the Sequim Blue Hole and our Sequim Rain Shadow weather, just a short account of these last 2 days. Ever since we moved to Sequim, 18mos ago, we have made it a habit to watch the weather forecast with Andy Wappler on KIRO 7 late news. Soon we realized though that the Seattle weather forecast and the actual Sequim weather are worlds apart. Best way to find out what Sequim weather will be like is to look out the window in the morning and watch what's happening. Yesterday Seattle and most of the rest of the Pacific Northwest were soaked in rain, coastal areas like Forks and Ocean View, Port Angeles and Seattle. Sequim did not get one drop of rain but had sunny weather all day for walks in Carrie Blake park and for bike rides on the Discovery Trail all day long.

Forecast for today was high winds and rain everywhere. OK admitted we woke up to really high winds and some rain, however by 10am the rain had abated though the winds were still quite cold. By noon the first blue hole showed up and by 2pm the sun was shinning through the clouds to the east and west. We had a wonderful walk through Carrie Blake park, visited the dog park and the duck pond with a amazing 72 degrees in the sun.

If you want to know more about Sequim fall activities check out our previous post

Tags: Sequim weather in fall, sunny Sequim