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ranging from symphonic presentations to the Sequim Lavender Festival to the end-of-season craziness of the Kinetic Skulpture Race. The Wooden Boat Festival will dazzle you with crafts- manship that is a rare find these days. There are fishing derbies and logger contests, weekly farmers’ markets, a jazz festival and much more. Evergreen COHO SKP Co-Op If you are looking for a place to call home while enjoying your summer, the Evergreen COHO SKP Co-Op park in Chimacum is the perfect fit. It is a beautiful park and the “rain shadow” is in effect for the park, so rain is rare, especially in the summer. The park location lends itself to ex- ploration of the east and north parts of the peninsula, and you can now make reservations. See evergreencohosk- prvpark.com for more information. Major shopping is available about 40 minutes away across the Hood Canal floating bridge in Silverdale. Be sure to take advantage of the King’s Wok Buffet while you are in Silver- dale; you won’t be sorry. Explorations on the peninsula’s west side can entail a long drive from Evergreen COHO, but there are ample camping venues available: Salt Creek County Park, La Push and Kalaloch are attractive choices as are the various Olympic National Park campgrounds. The Lodge at Kalaloch has an excellent restaurant as an added bonus. The summer season is a busy time for our area, so it is wise to call ahead for site availability. Evergreen COHO SKP Co-Op Park is a friendly place, and we’re eager to enhance your explorations. If our wel- come team can’t help you, we know someone who can.

“If you are looking for a place to call home while enjoying your summer, the Evergreen COHO SKP Co-Op park in Chimacum is the perfect fit.” Photo courtesy of www.evergreencohoskprvpark.com .

provides full-service hookup sites and new rest rooms with showers. I highly recommend making reservations. Victoria, Canada Pack an overnight bag and take the Black Ball Ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria, Canada, on Vancouver Island. Overnight parking is available for a reasonable price about a block from the Port Angeles ferry terminal. Enjoy high tea at the Empress Hotel right on the waterfront, catch a bus to Butchart Gardens and absorb the won- derful floral and plant presentations. Plan to spend the night at accommo- dations close to the ferry landing. When you’re ready for a good meal, the area can meet

available, and the local Elks Club provides excellent seafood on Thurs- day nights with enthusiastic Escapees participation. If you like Mexican food, Pedro’s produces delicious Mexican-style seafood dishes. You can monitor local air traffic from the deck of the Spruce Goose Café (Jefferson County Airport), or watch the ferries and waterfront action while dining at the Bayview in Port Townsend. Seasonal Events May through October provides almost continuous special events

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your every desire from an elegant dinner in Manressa Castle (Port Townsend) to a mondo burger at the Valley Tavern in Port Hadlock. High quality seafood is commonly

Pete Granger is a retired engineering manager, and he and his wife, Marg, are full-time RVers in their 38-foot Monaco. They are leaseholders at the Evergreen COHO SKP Co-Op Park. For many years Pete has edited and e-published the TALE SPINNER , a newsletter for his RC model club, that is distributed monthly to about 100 people across the U.S. and Canada.

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