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74 .ESCAPEES |May/June 2015 |
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.
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
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
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
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.”
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