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| The trail that leads down to the spit. |
Spit? Where? What? I embarrassed to say I had never heard of a spit. Go figure there would be one in the State where we now live. Coming from the Southwest spit is something that comes out of your mouth! Who knew it was a growing piece of sand.
Having gone to Sequim, WA to attend the Lavender Fair. We noticed a exit sign that said Dungeness Spit. SURPRISE! We would never have guessed this 631-acre refuge was that close to the freeway. When you're just driving along, you never know what is only a few miles off the road.
This is the longest natural sand spit in the United States, it is 5.5 miles long, extending into the Strait of Juan De Fuca, growing about 15 ft. a year for the last 120 years. Out on the tip is a light house. It's been said that they have seen 200 or more species of birds encompassing this area.
Adjacent to this refuge is another 216 acres of shoreline that you can hike. Only thing is we wished we had found the spit earlier in the day, because we were only able to hike out on it a few miles due to the tide that was coming in, and it was getting harder and harder to get around some areas on the spit. It's a good 10 mile round trip hike.
So now I know...and you know....and you know, that I know what a spit is. HAH
Since the late 1970s Roswell, New Mexico has been the subject of intense controversy and of theories as to the true nature of the object that crashed there. The incident has turned into a widely known phenomenon, making the name Roswell synonymous with UFOs.
Stonehenge is a unique monument, an icon, an inspiration and part of an important prehistoric landscape. It is a source for finding out more about prehistory and in the development of archaeology.
Now we have ROW 19. When owners Rick and Susan Olson bought this five acre Creekside Lavender Farm it had two acres of lavender consisting of 20 varieties. Each row is numbered and labeled with a name of its kind. One row had no name to identify it, only the number 19 was there. So began the mystery of this row of lavender. Rick had local experts come and try to identify it, but to no avail. So after 5 yrs. it is still ‘Row 19’. The funny thing about this is that Rick said it has become a favorite. Oils and other products sold using it are labeled and sold as Row 19.
When entering the gift shop we meet their two daughters. One of the things you can do there is create your own scent for a spritzer. My daughter loved this.
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| Rick is an engineer and when he found that my son is a physics major at college he invited him to come see his distillery equipment and then explained the process to him. |
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| This little guy has been placed in the front of Row 19. You will just have to go there and ask them "why?". |
If you would like to know more about this wonderful lavender farm or order some of their Row 19 , you can go to LAVENDERCONNECTION.COM
Ooh La La. Wineries, berry fields and rows of Lavender. It looks and feels like Paris. Well the pictures of Paris anyway. But here in the Pacific Northwest we have Sequim. We loaded up our trailer and off we went to the Sequim Lavender Festival.
This was our first time attending, and were told by a good friend ‘Mike’ that this place was the driest area in Western Washington, which I thought was interesting because we actually stayed at the KOA in Port Angeles eight miles west of Sequim. Everyone who is a Twilight fan knows Port Angeles is where Bella and Edward had their first date. As luck would have it, the weather did not live up to the theory that Sequim has a blue hole in the sky over it. We woke up our first morning to rain. Not wanting to let the rain stop us from exploring the area we took on our adventure. There were about 14 farms open to the public for tours. We just happened upon the greatest farm which not only had lavender, it also had acres of every berry your mouth would want. My kids loved that we got to pick our own.
Each of the farms had some kind of activities from u-pick fruit to lavender, music, crafts, and some of the farms had demonstrations on cooking with lavender. And last but not least was their own gift shops with everything and anything to do with lavender.
Here is a recipe that was in the offical program guide for the event.
LAVENDER ICE CREAM
4 cups whole milk 8 white fresh lavender top
1 cup sugar Fresh raspberries
1 cup honey Fresh lavender buds
In a medium saucepan cook milk over medium heat to almost boiling. Remove from heat; stir in cup sugar, honey and lavender tops (each about 5 inches long, or 2 tablespoons dried culinary lavender). Cover and steep until mixure has cooled to room temperature (45-60 minutes). Strain milk mixture; discard lavender. Freeze mixture according to ice cream maker manufacturer's directions. Serve with fresh raspberries ( or fruit of choice) and sprinkle with lavender buds.
Recipe provided by Mrian Platt
Having gone to Sequim, WA to attend the Lavender Fair. We noticed a exit sign that said Dungeness Spit. SURPRISE! We would never have guessed this 631-acre refuge was that close to the freeway. When you're just driving along, you never know what is only a few miles off the road.
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you make me lol....I so did not know either! Your photos are beautiful too!
Thank you Denise, so very good to hear from you again.