Part 1
We took the Edmonds-Kingston ferry over to the peninsula (got separated while on the ferry and almost didn't make it back to the car before we had to drive off--just about had a heart attack trying to find the car--eek)
We stayed in a tiny town called Quilcene. When I say tiny, I mean tiny. There was maybe one restaurant (with a nasty waitress and hillbilly customers), one gas station (that looked like it was from the 50s), one grocery store (if you can call it that, it was more like a corner store), and that was it.
This is a picture from the "grocery store" where we got ice cream. It was so soft and melted so quick, we were all a mess when we were done--especially Summer, who got chocolate--yikes (and I couldn't even finish mine it was so huge)
The house we stayed at was great (besides the fact that the bathroom door didn't lock...). We had lots of beds, tvs, games (Mike taught Kya and Tyson how to play backgammon), and it was just a few feet from the ocean. We had fun exploring the rocks and shells, watching workers dig and collect clams to sell, and swimming in the water. It was so quiet and calm...and a little smokey.
It was about an hour drive to go anywhere...even to eat. And the kids (actually me too) got sick of the drive really quick. One thing we didn't get to do was go to a lavender farm. Port Angeles is the home to a huge lavender festival in July, but since we were there in August I knew we couldn't see the festival but was hoping to go to the farm. We stopped at the main one (where the festival is) and there was some reenactment going on so it was super expensive to get in...then we drove to another one and it was closed. After driving by a couple more farms and seeing that the lavender was mostly done blooming, I gave up. When I saw we had a lavender bush at the house we were staying at, I had to snap a picture.
The kids really just wanted to stay at the house and hang out at the beach. But we were determined to get some hiking done!
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