Sequim Things To Do on Sequim Vacation

Dear Sequim vacation visitors,

Hope you found our recent visit to the Seattle Pike Street Market of interest for your Sequim vacation. Today, we decided to share with you Sequim and Sequim Area Web Cams, which we think is a great tool for getting a first impression about things to do on your Sequim vacation.

Let's start with a glimpse of Sequim town looking East. Must admit there are better views of the town, like Views from Bell Hill over Sequim town, Victoria and the Straits de Juan de Fuca with snow-covered Mt. Baker in the back. So don't let this Sequim town web cam view disappoint you.


We just recently wrote about the Sequim Lavender Festival with a Youtube video and had included a number of Purple Haze Lavender Farm photos on another post as an enticement to visit Sequim when the lavender is blooming. With a short 1 mile drive, Purple Haze Lavender Farm is just around the corner from downtown Sequim. Visit 10 acres of organic lavender fields!

Recently, the Sequim Dungeness Lighthouse celebrated its 150th anniversary. Unfortunately, we nearly forgot to mention it. It was a big Sequim town celebration with lots of food and entertainment and facts to hear about the history of the New Dungeness LighthouseThe Dungeness Lighthouse is at the end of the Dungeness Spit, the longest natural spit in the United States. When planning a beach walk (more a hike) to the lighthouse, be aware that it's 5.5 miles one way. So plan a day trip with food, water and lots of sunscreen & a hat.



We noticed that Port Angeles Harbor is not only visited by huge container ships but it's definitely a tourist meeting spot with lots of Olympic Peninsula events taking place and having food and gift stands all year round. Port Angeles Harbor is the docking point for the ferries to Victoria BC., the Coho and the Victoria Express. Our visit to Victoria and Butchart Gardens last year May (roses in full bloom!) was one of our most impressive weekend trips (3 nights). We plan to go back with our motor-home next time. No visit to Vancouver Island is complete without a visit to The Butchart Gardens.



Hurricane Ridge was our first adventure when we were on our Sequim vacation in September of 2005, before we made the final decision to move to Sequim to retire. Hurricane Ridge is a short drive into the Olympic National Park. We got surprised by the first snow of the season. Coming from Hawaii, we admired the snow flakes falling down. We did not last long though, as we were absolutely not dressed for the elevation of 5,000 ft and the snow! We were not the only visitors one could see that they were tourists. Some people even came in shorts and sandals. So be prepared when you go visit Hurricane Ridge. The weather at that elevation can change fast. Check the weather forecast for Olympics.



One of the nicest day trips when on your Sequim Vacation is a visit to Crescent Lake. Take you time, especially when driving the curvy road along the lake. Don't forget to stop occasionally at the lookout points. It's worthwhile it. You will be rewarded with the most peaceful panorama of the lake and the surrounding areas. You can have a wonderful lunch at Lake Crescent Lodge

and even spend the night at the hotel or the cabins. So far, we each time did a day trip, enjoying our own picnic while sitting on the Crescent Lake beach wooden chairs. Nothing can beat that. If you are not a big hiker, the walk (moderate) to Marymere Waterfalls is warmly recommend




Well, I think that will do with all the vacation recommendations when visiting Sequim. You will find a big guest folder in our Sequim vacation rental with all kinds of information, including Sequim restaurant menus, detailed fishing, hiking and biking maps and tons of Sequim activity flyers. No need to print the information out. First check here what we got for you. Have a wonderful Sequim vacation. Greetings from the Sequimers
p.s.
I guess a picked the last raspberries this week at Graysmarsh U-Pick berries but blueberries and blackberries are still in big demand. The wild blackberries are now everywhere! No need to pay!

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Tags: Sequim Vacation, Sequim Area Web Cams, Visit Sequim

Visit Seattle on your Sequim Vacation

Dear Sequim blog visitors,
Ever since we had moved to Sequim, I had heard so much about Olympic Peninsula people going to the Seattle Pike Market for some Seattle shopping or just having an excursion to the big city. Our recent guests at our Sequim vacation rental were also full of excitement about the Pike street market in Seattle. When you are staying for a month in Sequim, you should definitely spend a day or two in Seattle.

Well, I guess it was time to see for myself and pay Pike Market in Seattle a visit. Two of our Sun Meadows neighbors were up for the challenge too. Day and time was set fast. We decided to take the Bainsbridge Ferry which docks right downtown Seattle with a short walk to the market. We would just leave the car on our side of the Puget Sound and take it easy.

Driving Hwy 101, 104 and Hwy 3 to Bainsbridge was nice, easy traffic and beautiful Washington scenery passing by. Maybe we took a little too much time cruising along. So we actually arrived at Bainsbridge ferry parking a bit late, and none of us had a clue what to do. We parked the car and walked to the ferry where we saw the sign "Ferry Parking has to be paid in advance". How and where, we had no idea. There was no sign where we had left the car. I nice shop-owner told us we had to go back and get the number of our parking lot in order to pay for the day. We ran back, got the number, gave the nice lady the money to pay for our parking and ran in super-speed on the ferry. We just made it! Time to exhale!

Now, we could relax, have some morning snack and look forward to our Pike Street Market adventure. After a short ferry transit of 30minutes, we landed in Seattle and followed the crowd to the shops and restaurants along the Seattle Pier. Summer time! Beautiful weather! A big Seattle vacation crowd was walking up and down the street. We joined and found our way up a huge long staircase to Pike Market! Three floors of seemingly never ending shops and stands, selling fruits and veggies, flowers in all colors and sizes of bunches and prices and so much more. Fun to walk around and look at everything. We had a nice lunch with soup and steamed ginger salmon at a Chinese place (sorry but forgot the name).

After the street market, we were ready to visit the Seattle Aquarium. Admission is not cheap. $15 per person. It does not list any senior discount. When you are a senior, just ask for it. It saves you $2. We watched all that wonderful exotic and tropical ocean life for some time, touched the sea stars in the touch pools and watched the feeding of the Harbor Seals. All together, we had a great time at our Seattle Pike Market Outing.

We can really recommend the tour to anybody being here on a Sequim vacation. The ferry traffic on the Bainbridge side during afternoon hours is kind of stop and go. Maybe it's better to hang around Seattle a bit longer, visit the Seattle Space Needle and take a later ferry, but who knows. This is what we did.

Stay tuned for more from our Sequim life. Greetings from the Sequimers
p.s.

Sequim local News

We totally missed to inform everybody about the Celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Sequim Lighthouse. Hope you all read the Sequim This Week with the announcement. We enjoyed a wonderful picnic with plenty of food and entertainment on Sunday afternoon which was put on by the New Dungeness Light Station Association in Pioneer Park.

The Sequim Senior Center has a huge yard rummage sale on Thursday August 8 and Friday August 9th from 9am - 3pm each day. Proceeds from the sale will support the center's operating budget and provide scholarships for Sequim are high school seniors.

Tags: Visit to Seattle, Sequim vacation

Sequim Vacation Articles

Dear Sequim Town blog visitors,
Great that you've found our blog. It offers lots of information to all those who fell in love with Sequim like us. The perfect location of Sequim in the unique scenery between the Pacific Ocean and the Olympic Mountains and its nice mild climate of the 'banana belt' and the blue hole attracts visitors for a Sequim vacation on the Olympic Peninsula and people who consider to move to Sequim and make it their retirement town.

We recommend to first visit Sequim on a vacation or two or three at different seasons to make really sure that Sequim is where you want to live and retire. For this reason, we put together articles we wrote about Sequim Vacation and related issues to make Sequim blog navigation easier for you.

Sequim Vacation Articles

Sequim Vacation Rental Home with Free Internet + Phone
Things to do on your Sequim Vacation - displays a number of Sequim Web Cams
Sequim Restaurants - where to eat in Sequim?
Sequim Bay John Wayne Marina
What to do on your vacation in Sequim?
Hiking the Olympic National Park

We will complete this list of Sequim Vacation articles frequently. If you have any questions about your Sequim Vacations, please, write us an email.

Tags: Sequim, vacation, travel, Sequim vacation

Sequim Real Estate Articles

Dear Sequim Town blog visitors,
As a lot of our blog readers are interested in Sequim Real Estate & Sequim Homes for sale, we decided to make blog navigation easier for you.

This blog post lists links related to Sequim Real Estate articles.

Sequim Real Estate - Homes for Sale Analysis April 2007
Sequim Home for Sale in Sun Meadows Asking Price $299,000
Sequim Real Estate Summer Analysis 2007
Sequim Home with a View
Sequim Home for Sale By Owner Asking Price $279,000

We will continually update this list of relevant information about the Sequim Real Estate market for all those who consider to move to Sequim and buy a Sequim house.

Best wishes for finding your perfect Home in Sequim. It's a buyer's market!!!

Tags: Sequim, Sequim Real Estate, Sequim Homes for Sale

Movie in the Dark at Carrie Blake Park

Oops, nearly missed the annual Sequim Dog Show but luckily we went for an afternoon bike ride through Carrie Blake Park and noticed all the tents and RVs and of course, all kinds of dogs! What fun, even when your are not a dog owner like us. We watched for quite some time the dog show competitions and were amazed how one judge was able to do all the selection and choose the winning dog. Seemed kind of subjective to us but what do we know. I guess this guy is kind of an expert like the Dog Whisperer!

Anyhow, we wanted to include a link to the dog show but were not able to locate one. Instead we found this site to the Carrie Blake Dog Park, which we mentioned in one of our posts about the Park. Sequim Dog Owners, if you don't know yet, this is a great place where your dog can socialize with other dogs, without being on a leash, and you can socialize with other Sequim dog owners.

We were busy welcoming our first guests at our Sequim 'Bell Hill View' Vacation Rental. Very nice couple from Colorado who want to do the big move to Sequim, maybe. It all depends how things work out with selling their house in CO and also getting new jobs in Sequim. We wish them all the best for their moving project! As Jason from Welcome Home Realty says, Sequim Real Estate is a buyer's market. This is the perfect time for buying a house or land in Sequim!

Looks like I got somewhat sidetracked with Dogs and Real Estate. So let's get back to the original issue. When you are on vacation in Sequim and want to experience something special, how about a night trip to Carrie Blake Park for a movie on Tuesday 31? The animated movie 'Happy Feet' will air at dusk on an inflatable big screen set up for the evening.

This movie at Carrie Blake Park will be the second this summer. The first movie was Grease. Drive your car to Carrie Blake Park, park around the bandstand circle, sit on the hood and take the show. The movie will follow a 6pm concert by Fat Chance, a Port Angeles based band. Don't miss the band or the movie. Sequim local sponsors are providing the free night of entertainment for you. See you at the dark at Carrie Blake Park. The Sequimers

Tags: vacation in Sequim, vacation on olympic Peninsula, Sequim Real Estate

Beautiful Sequim Vacation

Well, our much awaited 2007 Sequim Lavender Festival is history. We had a nice crowd of visitors who joined the fun at the street market in Fir St with music, lots of lavender products to buy and great tasty food to eat. Fragrant lavender scent was in the air everywhere! The lavender farm tour buses were running all day long.

Sure it would have been nicer with sunshine - Sequim summer weather was beautiful before and after the Lavender Festival. How ironic! Sequim Gazette wrote that Sequim had 5000 visitors less at this year's festival. Whether the reason was the overcast weather or not.

Everybody had a great time and guess what we did not have to cope with hot temperatures over the 100 F as so many states had. It was already too much when Sequim temperatures reached a decade high of 94 F on one day at the beginning of July. We even ran our AC with our heat pump. We feel blessed with our moderate Sequim weather. Who wants hot, go to Mexico or just California!

I promised a few lavender photos. Here they are. I took them at Purple Haze Lavender Farm. The colors, the smell and the location! Come and see for yourself on your next Sequim vacation. Don't wait till next year. Sequim weather in August and September invite for some great week or weekend vacation...hiking the Olympic Mountains, biking the Olympic Discovery Trail, picking berries are all favorites of ours!

If you consider moving to Sequim, first come and visit Sequim for a vacation. When looking for real estate or a house to buy in Sequim, we happily share our experience with you. We are excited to help a couple from Colorado to give them our view of life in Sequim! More from sunny Sequim with the blue hole soon. The Sequimers

Tags: best retirement town, sequim, vacation, hiking, olympic mountains, Sequim Lavender Festival

Sequim Real Estate Summer Analysis 2007

Dear Sequim Town blog visitors,
As we know that a lot of our Sequim blog readers are interested in moving and living in Sequim and therefore like to hear how the real estate market is doing in summer 2007, we asked Jason Lee from Welcome Home Realty on his current thoughts of the Sequim Real Estate market. Feel free to compare this one with his market analysis in April. Thank you Jason for sharing your realtor knowledge with us!

"Hello again to everyone interested in a Sequim lifestyle.
This is your midsummer update on our real estate market. Despite all the doom and gloom of the national news media the Sequim realty situation is very stable. Homes sales for the general Sequim area are down about 8% from the year before, which isn't too bad considering the nation as a whole. The surprising fact is that the average and median sold price of a stick built home is up approximately $2500 from last year. This tells me that while the number of sales has tapered off slightly, there is still more than enough demand to live here.

What's great about our market is that even with the relatively small slowdown in sales last year and this year our inventory of homes for sale has grown exponentially to where we have about 450 or so to choose from at any given time. This had led to the greatest buyers market we have seen in years.

Because of this and the need for good buyer representation I have decided that what Sequim needs is a Buyer's Agent. Thus a little over a month ago when my last listing sold, I stopped taking them and have gone to only representing buyers. Having a strictly Buyer's Agent is beneficial to people in that there is never a conflict of interest and concerns with the agent trying to push their own listings. Sellers always have an agent and are represented to the fullest, now buyer's have that option also. Enjoy the summer, come to Sequim if you're not getting enough sun."

You may reach Jason Lee, Sequim's Exclusive Buyer's Agent Accredited Buyer's Representative, Direct # 360-460-8161 Welcome Home Realty

Tags: Moving to Sequim, Olympic Peninsula, Sequim Real Estate Market

Sequim Home for Sale in Sun Meadows

This Sequim House just SOLD! July 2008.

Well, by now after reading our Sequim Blog About everybody knows that we are not realtors but still like to talk about Sequim real estate and Sequim homes for sale. Sequim is a town of steady transition, more so people moving here from California or Arizona or even Hawaii like us than leaving Sequim. When you once live here, there are chances you move within Sequim or even build another house in Sequim.

We never thought we'd sell our home in Sun Meadows till this chance came along to build a new 2-storey Sequim home with extra 1Bd/1Ba guest apartment for our families and friends. Now, we can rest and relax till whatever other chance comes along.

Some time ago, we introduced Bill's and Arlyn's Sequim house for sale to our blog visitors. They are in transition to move into an assisted living home where Arlyn can get the right care when needed. They are still looking for the right buyer of their wonderful home. Our website shows all the details of their Sequim house for sale, with lots of photos & contact information (second property).

Today, we show you Margaret's and John's Sun Meadow Home for Sale. They were nor ready to retire and built their new house with big RV garage and workshop on 2 acres. Now it's time to sell their very unique house which you can easily fall in love with...light and bright and open, inside and out! Lots of privacy behind the house with nice BBQ area in garden setting.

This beautifully landscaped 1788 sq ft Sequim home with 2 Bd/2.5 Ba plus Office is located in the gated community of Sun Meadows with CC&R's, just minutes from John Wayne Marina, (voted the "Best Small Marina on the West Coast"), 7 Cedars Casino, all major shopping and entertainment, Carrie Blake Park, and all the amenities of "Sunny Sequim". See for more photos and detailed Sequim house description.

If you need help contacting the owners, please, let us know with subject 'Sequim Home for Sale Sun Meadows'. Hope our Sequim Town blog helps you find your perfect home in Sequim. Greetings from the Sequimers

Tags: Best retirement town Sequim, Sequim Home for Sale, Sequim, Retirement town

Sequim Lavender Festival YOUtube Video

Wow, I have to share this video with all of you, Sequim residents who are proud of Sequim and its Lavender Festival, and everybody else who plans a visit to the Lavender Festival this year.

Get a taste of the Sequim Lavender Festival with this Youtube Lavender Festival video by travel channel with Mark de Carlo. The Travel Channel's "Taste of America" visits the Annual Sequim Lavender Festival. Watch the full video below.

The 11th Sequim Lavender Festival is awaiting your visit. Have a great time in Sequim.

Tags: Sequim Lavender Festival Youtube Video, Sequim Vacation

Sequim Lavender Festival

Before we moved to Sequim at the beginning of 2006, we had done our homework and read everything what was available on this small retirement town on the Olympic Peninsula. Most impressive features apart from the amazing beautiful location of Sequim, embedded in Sequim Dungeness Valley between the Paicific Ocean and Olympic Mountains, was the special Sequim weather & the love for festivals. It was then that we heard for the first time about Sequim is the lavender capital of the world and about the Sequim Lavender Festival!

We already talked at our Sequim Town blog about a number of other big festivals, one of the biggest and oldest is the Sequim Irrigation Festival. The Sequim Lavender Festival is much younger but as it is in the middle of summer and people spending some fun vacation on the Olympic Peninsula anyways, it seems to attract many more visitors from other states and even around the world. The 11th Annual Sequim Lavender Festival takes place July 20, 21, & 22, 2007.

If you have not booked your vacation rental or Sequim B&B yet, you might be already out of luck. Here are a few Sequim Hotels & Lodges you want to try.

City of Sequim Lodging
Sequim Econo Lodge
Sequim Ramada Inn
Sequim Sunset Marine Resort

When here on your Sequim vacation or coming for a visit to the Sequim Lavender Festival, get the most out of your stay and join the eight beautiful Farms on Tour in the stunning Sequim-Dungeness Valley. Enjoy the fragrant essence of purple lavender fields swaying in the breeze, the seemingly never ending fields of beautiful purple lavender plants and the many tastes of lavender. Visit the Street Fair, featuring Northwest crafts and Olympic Coast cuisine. Join more than 35,000 visitors from all over the world in this glorious Festival!

As newcomers to Sequim, we liked the recent articles in the 'Sequim This Week' about two big Sequim Lavender Farms. Owners Randy and Pam Nichols started their lavender farm Jardin du Soleil Lavender in 1999 and have turned it into one of the regions most successful oil producers.With the lavender festival approaching, they are preparing to greet thousands of fans of the unique fragrant calming herb.They offer a wide variety of lavender products at their farm store and through their online store at JardinDuSoleil

Another successful Lavender Farm in Sequim is Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm which celebrates its 40th anniversary. This lavender farm is the state's oldest and first herb farm New owners Gary and Marcella Stachurski, who bought the farm in 2005, watch over thousands of lavender plants and other herbs and flowers. They feel lucky to be part of the history of the oldest lavender farm in the state.

In preparing for their third Sequim Lavender Festival they told Sequim This Week that they have plenty of surprises for people who visit their farm. One open secret is their new restaurant Cafe Provence (former Petals) will have music each evening and serve a buffet-style meal to limit waiting time.

The Sequim Lavender Festival is a production of the Sequim Lavender Growers Association. The SLGA is comprised of over 30 lavender farms in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. Find out more on the SLGA website. For Lavender Festival Information email 877-681-3035 (toll free).

With our visit to Sequim lavender farms at the festival, we will try to snap some good shots of lavender fields and flowers. It's not just for our blog. We also intend to make those into beautiful photos. Wal Mart offers this great service to make your photos into posters. We see you at the 11th Sequim Lavender Festival. Don't forget we have a leave a comment button. Sequim vacationers and vistors love to hear from your and your visit to the festival.
Thanks a lot. The Sequimers

Tags: Sequim Lavender Festival, Sequim Vacation, Vacation on Olympic Peninsula

Pick berries in Sequim

Dear Sequim visitors,
One of our first posts when we started our Sequim town blog reporting casually about our retired life in Sequim, one of the best retirement town in Washington state, was about picking berries in Sequim.

We were impressed by the variety of berry farms in Sequim which offered u-pick berries. Ever since the beginning of berry season this June - remember we noticed that strawberries were ripe very early this year due to the nice weather - we are regularly picking fresh berries for our morning cereal and just for eating them by themselves.

We woke up to a nice sunny Saturday morning this weekend (some early fog lifted soon). At around 10am I took off for picking strawberries at Graysmarsh Berry and Lavender Farm for u-pick berries. After I had picked enough strawberries, I decided to check on the raspberries and believe it or not, there were already quite a number of ripe and sweet fruits (they need to fall into your hand, otherwise they are not ripe).

Well, we were not done picking berries for the day. We decided we check on the blueberries (great anti-oxydants) of a small organic garden where we had picked last year. We were really lucky and picked 1/2 lb of great ripe early blueberries and even some sweet Rainiers cherries.

Well, this is your chance to stay in good health with fresh, vitamin rich berries. Enjoy berry season in Sequim. Greetings from the Sequimers

Tags: Sequim, Picking berries in Sequim

July 4th in Sequim

Dear Sequim town residents and visitors,
Here is a short update on our Independence Day. What a nice celebration of the 4th of July we had! The gorgeous summer weather was enjoyed by everybody to the fullest. First, we got to know new neighbors at our new Sequim house neighborhood of Carrie Blake Park area. The pot luck food was delicious. We definitely made new friends as well. It goes without saying that we will join the next July 4th pot luck party next year.

In the afternoon, we went to Carrie Blake Park for listening to the Sequim City Band on the big park stage. There was quite a crowd assembled. We did stay for about half an hour and then left for attending the next pot luck party.

Our good friends from our 'old' neighborhood in Sun Meadows had invited us. We caught up on the latest neighborhood and Sequim town development. This town is growing daily. Not all appreciated by residents but this comes with progress. Seeing more and more big businesses settle in Sequim and new townhouses and condos develop, only proves that it's a wise decision to invest in Sequim real estate. The market value of our Sequim houses will go up.

We had a wonderful time with lots of friends and great BBQ, appetizers and lots of good cake. Too much to eat but we loved it. Thanks so much to our good friends Gail and Gayle for putting this great party for over 30 people together. We will remember this July 4th in Sequim!

The day ended with a spectacular firework which Sequim residents all over town put on for us. We watched at least for half an hour magnificent fireworks! With our 180 degrees vies of Sequim, we were loving this Sequim firework show.

We would like to thank those who already contributed to our 'Sequim Restaurants - Where to eat' post. Please, join and let us know about your favorite place to eat in Sequim. Greetings from the Sequimers

Tags: July 4th Sequim, Sequim, travel, vacation

Sequim weather in June

Dear Sequim Town Blog visitors,
First of all, we are happy to see that more and more people who intend to move to Sequim find us in Google searches. That's great news.

As promised, we want to supply you with useful information about Sequim Life aspects how we experience life in Sequim. Here we go again. One of the biggest concern for our final decision to make our retirement town was the Sequim weather. Coming from warm sunny Hawaii, we were looking for a sunny place in WA state with not too much rain as in Seattle. Believe us we checked each Sequim weather chart about Sequim annual rainfall, monthly precipation and sunny days per year.

The research result about Sequim weather was accommodating our expectations. Bellingham was not an option anymore when comparing the annual rainfall. After living in Sequim for nearly 1 1/2 year we learnt that most of the Sequim weather predictions were quite accurate. The fact that each mile you go from Sequim to the East in the direction to Tacoma or to the West in the direction to Port Angeles increases the rainfall by an inch proved true. We love our Sequim "banana belt", even though our Hawaii friends are kidding us about it. Sequim's unique location in the rainshadow of the Olympic Mountains keep the average annual rainfall in Sequim at only 16 inches.

Why do I mention the Sequim weather in June? I guess it's because nobody told us about the special weather in June, no website and no weather chart did. Last year, we experienced quite a number of sunny days in the spring months. So when June approached, we got all excited because we expected the breakthrough for summer. Actually the opposite happened...June came cloudy and foggy and unfriendly 'nippy'. Doing some plant shopping at a Sequim nursery and mentioning this 'strange' June weather, we heard for the first time that it's always that way in June and we just have to wait till summer shows up in July.

That's what we did. Summer of 2006, especially July, was quite hot but lasted long into October. Great for hiking in the Olympics and RVing in Washington. Well, we made it through our second June in Sequim, which was somewhat better this year so that berries really ripenend earlier. Let's enjoy the summer In Sequim. It's here with sun and blues skies! The Sequimers

Tags: sequim weather, sequim rainshadow, sequim blue hole

Sequim Town Blog Link Exchange

Welcome Sequim Business owners to our Sequim Town Blog

Please, let us know about your Sequim business. We would like to introduce it to our Sequim Town blog visitors. If we find your Sequim business of special interest for people interested in moving to Sequim and what life in Sequim is all about, we might actually ask you to provide us with an article about your business. We will publish it as an indivual post with link to your website URL. Your article may have the chance for inclusion on our page 'Popular Articles'. Submit your request by email with subject 'Sequim business post request'.

For all other Sequim business owners who are interested in a link exchange with Sequim Town Blog, please, let us know your business URL and a short anchor text for your link with subject 'Sequim business link exchange'. Link exchanges with other Washington state sites or blogs will be considered as well. We will get back to you a.s.a.p.

Thank you for your interest in exchanging links with Sequim Town Blog. The Sequimers

Tags: Link Exchange, Sequim, Olympic Peninsula

Sequim Town Blog Popular Articles

Here is a list of popular articles of our Sequim Town Blog.
This list will be updated frequently.

Sequim Vacation

Sequim Vacation Rental with Free High Speed Internet + Free long distance Phone
Things To Do On Sequim Vacation
Visit Sol Duc Hot Springs
Visit Victoria BC on your Sequim Vacation
Best Things to Do in Sequim
Sequim Vacation and Sequim Area Sights
Sequim Restaurants - where to eat in Sequim?
Sequim Bay John Wayne Marina
What to do on your vacation in Sequim?
Hiking the Olympic National Park

Sequim Real Estate

Sequim Real Estate 2008 Some Thoughts
Sequim Home for Sale
Sequim Home with a View
Sequim Real Estate - Homes For Sale Analysis April 07
Sequim Real Estate Summer Market Analysis 2007

Moving to Sequim

Retire in Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula
Sequim Senior Center
Moving to Sequim

Sequim Events & Festivals

Sequim Irrigation Festival
Sequim Lavender Festival Youtube Video

Life in Sequim

Sequim Aquatic Recreation Center SARC
Pick berries in Sequim

Sequim Photos

Hurricane Ridge in Winter
Sequim Photos Summer 2008

Please, let us know which Sequim article you found most helpful and interesting to read. Email us or even much better, get involved with our Sequim blog and leave us a comment. We and our blog visitors appreciate it.

Tags: Sequim Town Blog, Sequim, Vacation, travel, Sequim vacation

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!!!

Tags: Moving to Sequim, Life on the Olympic Peninsula, Retire in Sequim

Sequim Restaurants - where to eat in Sequim?

Sequim Restaurants

When on your Sequim vacation on the Olympic Peninsula, who wants to cook each evening after lots of hiking or biking or kayaking the ocean?! Not me! We shared with our Sequim Town blog visitors on our recent 7 Cedar Casino post that you can combine entertainment with having some decent food at a good price at the 7 Cedars Casino restaurants.

In addition to the all you can eat buffet option, you can also sit at a table at the Totem Bar & Grille and choose from a regular menu. Seems like good food at decent price. We took a menu sample with us, so we know what we can expect next time, when we want to give the Bar restaurant a try.

Well, before we continue talking about Sequim restaurants we have to admit that we are not going out a lot. At most holidays, we or our neighbors, do a Pot Luck. Nobody can cook and bake at that variety as a pot luck can. We are looking forward to our 2 pot lucks we will be attending on July4 th, one at lunch in the Carrie Blake Park neighborhood and another one with BBQ later in the afternoons at Sun Meadows.

Ok let's get back to the restaurants. Here are the ones we visited. Please, visit our blog again. Sequim Restaurants 2014 are coming soon with all the updated information on new restaurants.
 

Keoki wanted to go to Applebee's badly. When he got his wish fulfilled, he was a little disappointed but again he chose something which he was not so sure about. I was happy with my food (can't remember what I had). I was not so happy about the loud music but that is their understanding of creating cheerful atmosphere. Some easy going background music would keep guests much longer for a drink or a dessert. If I want to go for a fast, casual meal, I might go again to Applebee's. Applebee's is located at Sequim River Road Exit of Hwy 101.

OK Keoki loves Mexican. So when I was on a trip to Germany, he went to Las Palomas Mexican Restaurant in E.Washington, next to the entrance of the Ramada Inn. He liked the Mexican food a lot and wanted to take me there. However, the a friend in Sun Meadows told us that El Cazador is much better. Well, next time when Keoki wanted to eat Mexican, we ended up at El Cazador. I am not a big Mexican eater. All these places seem the same to me but to tell you the truth, Keoki said next time he will go back to Las Palomas. He still needs to take our contractor out for dinner and that is where they will go.
 

Before finishing this Sequim restaurant posts, I want to mention Papa Murphy's Pizza. You call 360-683-8102 and order what you want on your pizza, pick it up and bake it at home. Great casual dinner when playing cards with friends or relaxing after your Olympic National Park hike. You will get a coupon for a discount for your next pizza. Keep it at a good place. You will order another pizza from Papa Murphy's soon. Sequim Papa Murphy's is in Safeway Shopping Center.

Find a few more Sequim restaurants websites below.

More feedback from us and our friends on our visits to Sequim restaurants will be added here. We'd love to hear from you about your dining or lunch experience at Sequim restaurants. Eat well!
 

Cedar Creek Cuisine , Oak Table Cafe , The Buzz Icecream and Coffee Artist Cafe

Tags: Sequim restaurants, Sequim vacation

What to do on your Sequim Vacation?

First a short update, on our Sequim vacation rental projects. A lot of our Sequim friends who have seen our 1Bd/1Ba guest apartment are already very excited to spread to word to their friends about this vacation apartment. Top privacy, Bell Hill views, high speed Internet for laptops, select comfort bed and recliner love seat are one of the favorite features. But it's family first. If the vacation stay dates for our families are all figured out, we will announce and share the new rental information. Get to know Sequim with a monthly Sequim vacation.

Today, we want to mention another fun activity for your Sequim vacation. Besides all the hiking in the National Olympic Park, biking the Olympic Discovery Trail, pick fresh berries at U-pick berry farms in Sequim, visit lavender farms for their latest fragrant products, there is another fun activity we did not mention yet. Fun, providing you come with the right attitude plus don't get addicted and get carried away. Yes, you guessed it. It's the gambling at the 7 cedar casino, which is a short 5 mile drive from Sequim town.

Well, to be honest, when we gambled last year a few months after having moved to Sequim we lost our $10 and $20 in less than 5 minutes. Ouch! That taught us a lesson and we never returned to the Casino, despite of our Sun Meadows neighbors telling us about their frequent winnings. To tell you the truth, I never really believed it. Well, here is the story. The other day, we decided to join some friends for lunch buffet at the 7-Cedar Casino. It's the all you can eat lunch and it was Mexican lunch. For the price we paid ($5.99 a lunch per ticket) and the food variety, it was a more than a decent meal. So we figured, a little gambling is allowed.

To cut a long story short, I played a little longer this time with my $10. Maybe 30 minutes. That's at least some fun. But here is the interesting part that friend of ours who always tells us that she wins, not always but quite often, really won again and left the casino with $85 (spent at least $20). She was happy as could be. And again, some good food and fun gambling entertainment (would have loved to come home with some extra bucks!) is something to do on your Sequim vacation. We will talk about Sequim Hotels and Sequim Restaurants next time. So stay tuned. Greetings from the Sequimers

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Tags: Things to do in Sequim

More Summer Events at Carrie Blake Park

It is soooo amazing what visitors can do when on a Sequim vacation on the Olympic Peninsula. It's not just all the great fun activities one can do here - kayak the Pudget Sound, hike in Olympic National Park, bike or walk Olympic Discovery Trail, go fishing at our rivers and so much more - the fun things to do are right here in the center of Sequim.

Today we visited the 38th Annual Driftwood Sculpture Show at Carrie Blake Park in Sequim. It is organized by the Peninsula Driftwood Artists. The driftwood artists showed their 'art' work and many people came to admire their works during June 14 - 16. We were very impressed what these artists had created with their finds of driftwood and their personal imagination and their skills and patience. We could not resist and took a few photos of works like 'Circular Motion' and other fancy mystic names. Photos will be downloaded soon.

Maybe, since we are done now with our Sequim house construction - don't mention landscaping - we will be looking for some unique driftwood pieces on the beaches and bank of Dungeness River and make our own special pieces of art?! Well, to be honest, right now we contemplate another option. With our many years in the vacation rentals in Hawaii, we consider starting a 1Bd/1Ba Sequim vacation rental in our guest apartment.

We noticed that Sequim vacation rental homes for couples and singles at affordable rates are rare. Of ourse, there are always the Sequim hotels for a 1-night stay but for a 3-day stay or longer, it would be so nice to have your own private 'home away from home'. If we pull it through, we wanted to start on July 1st to be ready for Sequim vacation summer season with the Lavender Festival coming up.

So stay tuned for updates on our Sequim Vacation Rental project. We got the name: 'Bell Hill View Vacation Rental'! With our high speed Internet access for laptops and long distance free vonage phone, Bell Hill View Rental would also be perfect for your Sequim vacation when interested in buying Sequim real estate. Already interested in staying with us, feel free to email us with subject: Sequim Vacation Rental. Til next time. The Sequimers

Tags: Sequim, travel, vacation, Sequim Real Estate, Sequim vacation rental

Sequim Summer Events in Carrie Blake Park

Dear Sequim visitors and residents,
The City of Sequim just announced their Summer Fun Program for the stage in Carrie Blake Park. So, mark your calendars for the summer fun at the James Center for the Performing Arts. The music program will be Tuesday nights from 6 - 8pm, starting July 3 all the way through September 11 with Rock/Oldies, Blues, Jazz, Swing, Beatles Review, 60s and more.

In addition, three outdoor movies will be shown this year: 6/26 Grease; 7/31 Happy Feet + 8/28 Fly Away Home. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, snacks, family and friends to enjoy the live music and movies. Hey isn't that great that we are just around the corner. We will definitely be there for some of the live-music nights. I guess we leave the movie nights to the young folks and prefer our comfort of home.

Last but not least, some important information for berry pickers like ourselves. We picked last year from June to September strawberries, raspberries and blueberries at Graysmarsh Berry Farm. Yummie. Due to the sunny weather strawberries ripened early this year and are ready for U-Pick berries at Graysmarsh Berry Farm. Open Monday - Saturday 8am - 4pm and Sundays 10am - 4pm. Drive 3 miles on Sequim Dungeness Way, the 1 mile on Woodcock Rd or follow the signs to Graysmarsh.

Tags: Sequim Festivals, Pick berries in Sequim, best retirement town

Our new Sequim Home

Dear old and new friends,
Hooray, we finally moved into our upstairs quarters two days ago! Hard to describe how good that feels, even though the house walls are full of little blue stickers where the painter needs to patch up some blemishes and electric sockets need to be aligned. But who cares.

We are in after six months of house construction! As said before we enjoy the most beautiful mountain views of the Olympic Mountains and Bell Hill. Whether we sit at our breakfast table in the kitchen or on the couch in the living room or TV-room, we cannot say enough 'Aaah the views'! Hopefully, we will never get tired of enjoying the views.

We are wasted from all the moving but could not resist to already install flower boxes are on both balconies., always with the anticipation of taking inside and outside photos soon. Here is a first photo to awaken your interest for more. So stay tuned. More photos coming soon. Greetings to all Sequim friends from the Sequimers
p.s.
Sorry but we could not make it to the Sequim Walk and Bike . Just too much to do with moving into the new home. Now, comes the fun part...decorating and picture hanging. Landscaping will be a project for coming months.

Tags: retire in sequim, moving to sequim on the olympic peninsula

Walk with us in Sequim

Dear Sequim visitors and residents,
With the lovely sunny weather having arrived, everybody is trying to get out of the house into our beautiful nature in Sequim and area...for a first hike in the Olympic Mountains, an invigorating bike-ride on the Olympic Discovery Trail or just a relaxing walk starting at the Railroad Bridge at Dungeness River.

Guess what you won't be alone. There are different walking and biking events coming this June, for all those who want to enjoy some company. June 1st the First Friday Art Walk Sequim will take place, inspired by Vincent van Gogh's The Starry Night painting. Just as van Gogh's painting has brought inspiration to many artists, this walk welcomes visitors to enjoy warm star-filled evenings in Sequim. The July 6 First Friday Art Walk's theme By the Lavendula Luna will get get us in the mood for the Lavender Festival. The free guided art walk is open to people of all ages. Visit the Sequim Art Walk website for more information.

Get out your walking and bikes shoes for the first walk-bike-a-thon in Sequim on the Olympic Discovery Trail on June 3rd. The walk or bike ride will begin at at 1pm at Railroad Bridge, east side of the Dungeness River. The donations will be used to support the upkeep of the Railroad Bridge Park and the Dungeness River Audubon Center. Participants are encouraged to wear comfortable clothing and bring water or juice to stay hydrated. The 3-hour, 4-mile course ends at 4pm but participants can turn around whenever they want to.

We love our walks and bike rides on the Olympic Discovery Trail. It will all depend how much energy we will have after moving into our new Sequim home, which is supposed to happen this weekend, when things go according to schedule. We'll try to be there. Greetings from sunny Sequim
p.s.
We just added the new photos to our Carrie Blake Park post. Please, enjoy.

Thank you to our dear friends Steve and June from Hawaii for visiting us in Sequim on their vacation on the Olympic Peninsula. We enjoyed a nice relaxing walk starting at the Railroad Bridge leading along on the Olympic Discovery Trail.

Tags: Olympic Discovery Trail, Sequim, vacation, travel

Bus service from Sequim to Seattle, and SeaTac Airport

Guess what you don't always need to take your own car when going to Seattle, SeaTac Airport, hospitals or doctors visits. Especially when going on a trip from Sequim, it saves you the extra costs for daily parking fees in Seattle.

The daily bus service serving Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend, Discovery Bay, Kingston, Edmonds, Seatac Airport, Seattle Hospitals, Greyhound and Amtrak is convenient, comfortable and affordable.

We had told our friend about this great service who had to drop his moving van in Kingston and after that he was supposed to drop his son at Seattle Airport for his flight back to California. We gave him all the information about Olympic bus lines and things worked out perfect...the son got on the bus to Seattle and our friend took his car back home to Sequim. It saved him a lot of additional driving plus the expenses for the extra gas.

Advance reservations are recommended. Passengers may board without reservations if space is available. For reservations or information, including fares, luggage restrictions and connection, you may call Olympic Bus Lines 8am - 6pm at 360-417-0700. If you have a late night or early morning flight, you may even ask for special Seattle hotel rates!

With our next flight from Seattle Airport, we will make use of this great bus service on the Olympic Peninsula. Seems like the perfect way to start a vacation. We will let you know how it went. If you have used the bus service, please, share your experience with our Sequim blog visitors. Have a great extended weekend. The Sequimers
p.s.
Carrie Blake Park photos coming soon. Sorry with the delay but there was a further delay with moving into our new Sequim house as the carpet had some flaws and had to be sent back. Luckily, we enjoy living in our downstairs apartment but who can blame us that we long to move into the upstairs quarters after a house building time of over 6 months now.

Tags: Sequim Bus service, Olympic Peninsula Bus service

Sequim Carrie Blake Park

Dear fellow Sequimers and dear Sequim vacationers,

Most of you know that the Sequim Open Air Market is worthwhile a visit on Saturdays, whether you live in Sequim or just come annually for your Sequim vacation.

Today, we'd like to mention another place we'd warmly recommend to residents and visitors. First things first. We finally moved into our new house three days ago but only into the downstairs because upstairs is not ready yet. But to tell you the truth we are so happy to be here, not only because we are in our new Sequim Home but more so because it's peace all around us. Towards the end of our stay at the Sequim West Inn, the noise level from the Laundromat and car wash right behind our rental 'cottage' was getting unbearable. Remember what we said in one of our previous post...when renting one of the cottages, rent one on the left side, if you can.

As our new Sequim house is very close to Carrie Blake Park, we went for a walk to the Park, when the blue hole was there and the sun peeked though the clouds. We were pleasantly surprised. When we lived in our house in Sun Meadows (off West Sequim Bay Rd towards the Sequim Marina), we'd get on our bikes and bike through the Park and from there we mostly followed the Discovery Trail . We never paid much attention to detail, we just biked, enjoying the big picture. Well, this time we were on foot and were able to admire all the little details and the love which Sequim residents put into this wonderful park.


Most amazing was the Japanese Garden, which got developed in teamwork with our Japanese sister town. There are 11 blooming cherry trees and lots of other beautiful plants and bushes, a lantern island in the middle of the duck pond, a beautiful wooden Japanese gate and much more. What do realtors say? You must see to appreciate! Carrie Blake Park has a big stage for summer performances, a playground for kids and its most recent addition, a playground for dogs where dogs can play with each other without being on a leash. It was fun to watch! Obviously Sequim dog owners and the dogs, big and small, enjoyed their time in the open. Oops , I nearly forgot the fishing pond where children are allowed to fish. That's much more fun than a video game!

With the next sunshine, we will be out taking photos of wonderful Carrie Blake Park for our Sequimtownblog . See you in the park. The Sequimers

p.s.

Our post on Sequim Environmental Issues is still open for discussion. We thank Sequimers Jason and Patricia for their comments on our Sequim environment blog post. Thanks also to the editor of Sequim This Week for publishing our letter to the editor.

5/30/07:

As you noticed, the Carrie Blake Park photos are here. Enjoy a walk through the park in sunny Sequim.

Tags: Vacation in Sequim, Sequim Sights, Olympic Peninsula

Sequim Open Air Market

Dear fellow Sequimers,
Here is a short update on our initiative to make everybody aware of Sequim town environmental issues. We emailed our 'Letter to the Editor' of the Sequim This Week yesterday and hope it will be published with next week's issue. We also included the link to our Sequim Town Blog as a reference for starting a discussion what Sequimers think. We don't know whether the editor will include this link but we are quite sure they will include our email address and expect to get feedback through that.

The Sequim Irrigation Festival is in full swing by now. Sequim weather cooperates with its best sunny side. Welcome to sunny Sequim! Looks like it will last the entire week, so we all will enjoy a wonderful Grand Parade on Saturday. Best place to be to watch the parade is Washington St, in front of Hurricane Coffee company. We'll see you there. We will take our bikes!

Here are the next exciting news for happenings and fun events in Sequim this week. Saturday May 12 the the new season for the Sequim Open Air Market starts. It will take place every Saturday from May 12 through October 13th in downtown Sequim on Cedar Street between Sequim Avenue and 2nd Avenue. Market hours are 9am - 3pm.

From Sequim and the Dungeness Valley come fresh fruits, organic veggies, plants and cut flowers. We were impressed by the big variety of lavender products: soaps, lotions and much more, which make great gifts when on a Sequim vacation. Sequim visitors and residents alike can find a wide variety of arts and crafts, from fine photography to metalwork to woodwork to paintings. Live musicians entertain on-site starting mostly at 11 AM and continuing until 2 PM on the Professional Real Estate Music Stage. About 25 to 50 vendors are usually present at the Sequim Open Air Market. Enjoy spring in Sequim. The Sequimers

Tags: Life in Sequim, Sequim, Sequim Events, vacation, travel

Sequim Town Environmental Issues

Dear Sequimers and Sequim visitors,

Whether Global Warming is a myth or not, we all can and should do something for our Sequim town environment. When we chose Sequim as 'our' best US town for retirement, we were impressed by its cleanliness and well taken care store fronts and Sequim house fronts. We were impressed by little things like the beautiful flowering hanging baskets in Washington St and the bird sounds at traffic light crossings to let blind people know when they can walk...

Having lived in Sequim now for about 1 1/2 years, we became aware that each of us can actually do a better job to contribute to an even better, cleaner environment in our hometown Sequim. We don't know whether there are environmental groups who already pursue these issues. If so, we would like to hear from them and join efforts with all environment concerned people.

The fairly new Sequim weekly newspaper SequimThisWeek is a great addition to the Sequim Gazette. We welcome that Sequim This Week recently started letters to the editors. We intend to write a letter about Sequim and its environment issues. Just a few ideas. One cannot write a lot with the allowed 250 words but we think its a start.

Here are a few ideas how we think we can make Sequim a town of environment awareness.

1. Ride your Bike or Walk in Sequim

Lucky us that there is no industrial pollution in Sequim but what about all the car traffic. Do we really need to drive our car everywhere or wouldn't it be so much better to ride our bikes or walk?! We could kill two birds with one stone...do something good for our health and reduce the CO2 emission. With gas prices steadily rising, this will become a consideration and hopefully a healthy choice for more and more Sequimers.

We need: more bike lanes (Discovery Trail is nice but this is leisure!) and more bike racks in front of stores! The only store where to find a bike rack (for 5 bikes!!!!) is Sequim Safeway. This is pretty bad. Guess what there are already quite a number of Sequimers who regularly bike. So, we need the help of Sequim town authorities to make at least the big markets add bike racks in front. Of course, the motivated biker will find lots of bike racks in front of Sequim's bike shop Mike's Bikes and not only that. These guys help you find the right bike for your age and your needs. Give them a try.

2. Save a Bag when shopping at Sequim markets

Having grown up in Germany and the idea of recycling, I get really upset when people don't pay any attention to the waste we daily 'produce' and what happens with it. Why not take your own shopping bag or basket to the store instead of coming home from your shopping with 3 or more plastic bags each time which end up in the garbage because you forget to dispose them at Safeway (other Sequim markets don't even have a disposal for plastic bags)?! In Germany or other European countries, the shopper has to pay 25 Euro cents when they want/need a plastic bag. Believe me you don't forget your shopping bag too often. Bring your own bag to the store and help reduce waste 'production'!

3. Make efforts to Recycle your waste

I know easier said than done in Sequim. When we first set up our garbage pick-up with Waste Management of Sequim, we noticed that recycling was becoming an expensive issue. More than we wanted to spend on it. It took us quite some time to find out from neighbors that there is a free recycling place for glass, plastic, paper & cardboard and at Blue Mountain outside from Sequim off Hwy 101. We collect all our recyclable materials and drop them 1x a month at the recycle place. Why not join efforts with neighbors and share the car pooling?

We ask our Sequim town authorities to 'advertise' this possibility for new Sequim residents in our Sequim newspapers regularly. Especially since opening hours are 'just' Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. Let Sequimers know when they can recycle for free! Better still make recycling a Sequim town concern!

We are looking forward to hearing from many Sequimers. Please, make use of the blog feature to leave a comment...click 'post a comment, sign in with 'other' (not google), add your name and URL (if you have any) and write what you think about our Sequim environment post. Enjoy the Sequim Irrigation Festival and the just opening boat season in Sequim Bay Marina. The Sequimers

Tags: Retire in Sequim, Life in Sequim, Olympic Peninsula