93 Days of Summer, Aug. 16-22
Published 1:30 am Wednesday, August 15, 2018
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.
• Aug. 16
If it’s August … must be time for the Clallam County Fair! Set for Aug. 16-19, the 2018 event packs plenty of punch once again with carnival rides, various food vendors, animal displays and exhibitions, rodeo, demolition derby, live music and much, much more. Check the fair website for updates on ticket prices, the entertainment schedule and hours. (www.clallam.net/Fair, 360-417-2551)
• Aug. 17
If wine-tasting is more your style, tour and get the full flavor of local wineries such as Wind Rose Cellars (www.windrosecellars.com, 681-0690) in Sequim or Olympic Cellars Winery (www.olympiccellars.com, 452-0160), Harbinger Winery (www.harbingerwinery.com, 452-4262) or Camaraderie Cellars (www.camaraderiecellars.com, 417-3564) in Port Angeles. To the east, check out Fairwinds Winery (www.fairwindswinery.com), Eaglemount Winery (eaglemountwinery.com) or Port Townsend Vineyards (www.porttownsendvineyards.com) in PT, Finnriver Farm & Cidery (www.finnriver.com) in Chimacum or Marrowstone Vineyards (www.marrowstonevineyards.com) on Marrowstone Island.
• Aug. 18
Gear-heads and vintage car aficionados alike are sure to enjoy Sequim Prairie Nights, a fundraiser for Sequim Museum & Arts set for Saturday, Aug. 18, in downtown Sequim between Sequim and Third avenues. The event, scheduled for 9 a.m.-4 p.m., includes more than 150 historic vehicles, a car show, prizes, a 60-minute cruise and more. Event proceeds benefit local nonprofits, primarily the Sequim museum building fund, Sequim High School auto program and the Sequim Food Bank. (www.sequimprairienights.org, info@sequimprairienights.org)
• Aug. 19
Check out some of the top artists in the region as display their fresh work for the public each evening at the Port Angeles Fine Arts Center at the sixth-annual Paint the Peninsula Plein Air Competition, Aug. 19-26. Among the event’s highlights: all 22 painters go to Port Angeles’ City Pier for the Paint Out, a high-speed event from 1 p.m.-4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 24. (www.PaintthePeninsula.org, jessica@pafac.org)
• Aug. 20
Youths can go camping, Dungeness style! Set for 9 a.m.-3 p.m. daily, Aug. 20-24, the Dungeness River Audubon Center day camp for boys and girls ages 8-12 is an opportunity for youths to experience and explore the outdoors. They get to survey the Railroad Bridge Park and investigate the Dungeness River’s wide variety of plants, animals and insects, and learn about floodplains, ecology, geology, river dynamics and the Railroad Bridge. (dungenessrivercenter.org, 360-681-4076)
• Aug. 21
Get away from it all without getting away from it all by doing some local camping. Check out Sequim Bay State Park (parks.state.wa.us/582/Sequim-Bay) or the Dungeness Recreation Area (clallam.net/Parks/Dungeness.html). Or, trek a bit east to check out Fort Flagler Historical State Park (parks.state.wa.us/508/Fort-Flagler) or Old Fort Townsend State Park (parks.state.wa.us/510/Fort-Townsend). Within Olympic National Park, all sites except Kalaloch and Sol Duc are first-come, first-served. Some other favorites are Deer Park, Dosewallips, Fairholme, Heart O’ the Hills, Mora, Ozette, South Beach and Staircase; see www.nps.gov/olym/planyourvisit/camping.htm for maps and details on site numbers, facilities and fees.
• Aug. 22
The Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire is still a few days off (Aug. 25-26), so get your head in the clouds by making a visit to the Port Townsend Aero Museum at 105 Airport Road. The museum’s collection includes a variety of antique and classic aircraft that local pilots regularly fly. Restorations are performed in-house by an expert group of mechanics and volunteers. Admission is $10 for adults, $9 seniors and active military, $6 for ages 7-12, under 6 are free. The museum is pen 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday. (360-379-5244, www.ptaeromuseum.com)
