93 Days of Summer: Your guide for this summer’s activities
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, June 20, 2018
From bike rides and lavender fields to baseball action and entertainment, the Olympic Peninsula has plenty going on for our 93 days of summer. Check out this week’s staff picks and look for more each Wednesday, along with video highlights of this summer’s festivities on the Gazette’s Facebook page.
• June 21
Hit the phone tree and get a softball or baseball game going at the fields at Carrie Blake Community Park. Or for some competition, join the Senior Softball Gray Wolves — a group of players (men 50+, women 45+) from all across the peninsula who gather at the park each Tuesday and Thursday for friendly games. Warm-up is at 8:30 a.m., batting practice at 9 a.m. and games begin at about 9:45-10 a.m. See www.facebook.com/sequim.softball.
• June 22
Pick your pleasure: Check out the berry-picking possibilities at local farms, including Graysmarsh Farm (www.graysmarsh.com) or Dungeness Meadow Farm (www.dungenessmeadowfarm.com). Or, enjoy local produce by sampling some of the local stands like The Farm (1701 Sequim-Dungeness Way), The Calf-inated Cow Farm (343 McComb Road), Sofie Farms (758 Evans Road) or Nash’s Farm Store (4681 Sequim-Dungeness Way).
• June 23
Enjoy six spectacular Port Angeles gardens at the Petals and Pathways Home Garden Tour! (See story, B-1)
• June 24
Time for some disc golf! Clallam County last year opened their newest park, an 18-hole course, off Thompson Road near Blyn. The long-planned Rainshadow Disc Golf Course features 18 holes of frisbee fun. See www.clallam.net/parks/rainshadowgolf.html.
• June 25
Get a spectacular view of the Olympic and Kitsap peninsulas and well beyond with a hike up Mount Walker, just south of Quilcene. The four-mile (round trip) trail is most populated in June as the splashy rhododendron show blooms. No pass is required. See www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/olympic/recarea/?recid=47893.
• June 26
Get jammin’ with the City of Sequim’s 2018 Music in the Park concert series! It kicks off on June 26 with the blues dance music of the Blue Rhinos. Bring a chair or blanket, and a picnic and enjoy an evening of free music at the James Center for the Performing Arts at Carrie Blake Community Park, 500 N. Blake Avenue. This year’s schedule features everything from rock and big band to Caribbean (see story, B-10). All events are set for 6-8 p.m. See www.sequimwa.gov/index.aspx?NID=512, 360-681-3428.
• June 27
Take in some tunes with a waterfront view with the (free!) Concerts on the Pier in Port Angeles. Set for 6-8 p.m. every Wednesday in the summer (June 27-Sept. 19, except July 4), the series promises a variety of family friendly, musical performances from familiar bands and bands new to local audiences. The series opens with Sweet and Justice (Americana, blues) on June 28. See www.portangeles.org/pages/ConcertsonthePier.
