Here in Sequim, it’s once again time for movies and music in the park. On Tuesday, July 28th, bring your lawn chair, sofa or pick-up to the James Center for the Performing Arts and settle down for an evening of live music by Westerly, followed by an outdoor screening of Fly Me to the Moon. See what happens to three adventurous houseflies that stow away on the Apollo 11 flight to the moon. Your kids will love it.
This is the type of event that is happening all over the Olympic Peninsula this summer. There is live music on the docks in Port Angeles Wednesday evenings. There is live music in downtown Port Townsend Thursday evenings. There are drive-ins, and music festivals and celebrations happening up and down the coast. Summer is truly spectacular in the Pacific Northwest. Days are warm and sunny, nights are cool, and mosquitos are few. Folks are drawn out-of-doors to walk along miles of coast or sit and quietly stargaze. In Sequim, the Olympic Mountains seem larger and closer and more inviting than ever. “Come on up” they seem to say, and so we head to Hurricane Ridge or Deer Park or out to Lake Crescent. We bring hiking boots, or fishing poles or picnics, or all of the above. And we love every minute of summer in the Pacific Northwest.
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This is one of the most popular Sequim-tagged photos on Flickr and you can see why, as it captures the wide-open spaces, towering mountains, and gorgeous lavender fields of Sequim and the surrounding Dungeness Valley. You can almost smell the lavender, but to actually smell it, you need to make it out to Sequim this weekend, July 17-19, for the annual Sequim Lavender Festival.
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The marriage between lavender and wine is going strong. Beginning at 11 am on July 11, 2009 and lasting through July 19, the public is invited to take self-guided tours of six award winning artisan wineries on the scenic North Olympic Peninsula. A $25 ticket (available at the wineries) buys you tastings at each winery and a commemorative wine glass to help you remember your day. Children are allowed in tasting rooms, accompanied by an adult, but of course may not taste the wine. If you enjoy wine and lavender, you won’t want to miss this Lavender Celebration Tour of Wineries.
The week of wine tasting culminates with the Sequim Lavender Festival on July 17, 18 and 19. The lovely fragrance of lavender permeates the fields and streets of Sequim during this time, when the lavender is at its peak. Many great lavender products, food and live music will be at the downtown Street Fair, along with activities for the whole family. You may leave your car in town and hop on a bus for tours of eight participating lavender farms, or tour the farms at your own pace. Tickets are $15 per person, and children under 12 are free.
The farmland around Sequim is some of the most stunning land in the state. As you stroll through Sequim lavender farms and breathe in the scent of that wonderful plant, you may comtemplate the beauty of the Olympic mountains soaring alongside of you and feel cooling breezes from the Salish Sea to the north. Ah.
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Lavender Celebration Tour of Wineries, North Olympic Peninsula wineries, Sequim lavender farms, Sequim Lavender Festival
Sequim has garnered quite a reputation for its abundant lavender, and with good reason. Our warm, dry and sunny summers are reminiscent of Provence, France, where lavender flourishes. The Olympic Peninsula also produces several excellent wines. It was only a matter of time before someone thought to put the two together, in Lavender Wine.
Saturday and Sunday, July 11 and 12, join Olympic Cellars and Angel Farm in a celebration of their Mueller Thurgau Lavender Wine. From 11 – 6, there will be music, wine specials and tastings of the following new releases: 2008 Mueller Thurgau Lavender Wine, 2007 Dungeness Red (Gold Medal Winner), and 2006 Cabernet Franc, Handyman Red.
Come on out to sunny Sequim WA this weekend and be among the first to try this creative combination of lavender and wine.
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