Port Angeles to Sequim (Squim) Bay

On June 2nd, we left Port Angeles heading to Sequim Bay. It is pronounced "squim", although that took some getting used to. It was a short four hour cruise eastward, down the Straight of Juan De Fuca. It was cloudy, light fog, overcast and rain off and on, but no wind and the water in the straight was very calm. We rounded Dungeness Bay, which I learned was named for a person, named Dungeness not for the crab, and we could see the entrance to Sequim Bay. The marina there is named after John Wayne the actor. John Wayne had an old navy mine sweeper converted to a pleasure craft and he spent a great deal of time and owned property in Sequim Bay. The family gave the property to the state on the condition that they maintain a marina. It is a very nice marina, with a Yacht Club, Restaurant, (that everyone told us about, but was closed the day we were there), and the town is within biking, not walking distance. Early that afternoon, it semi-cleared up and we rode our bikes into town looking for a hardware store and a marine supply store. Every stop we make, we are still looking for a replacement cap for our deck anchor locker, that we lost coming around Point Reyes. (our big, weather, wind, wave, boat capability and personal tolerance learning event) We found a hardware store about three miles into town and met some folks who also boat and saw our folding bikes. They had some that they took to Europe and rode all over Europe in them. They told us of a restaurant a couple miles further called Cedar Creek, that was very nice and they recommended. So we took off to find the restaurant, unfortunately, we got there at 4:30 and they did not open until 5pm, but since we had now walked and biked over 5 miles, I convinced Alexus it would take us thirty minutes to ride to find another restaurant that was open So we waited and it was worth the wait. By the time we finished dinner it was about 7pm, gotten colder and was sprinkling again, so… good thing the bikes fold up. We called a cab for the ride back to the marina. We have learned that everything from a marina is uphill, no matter where you go from the water or the boat it will be uphill. Makes sense given we travel at sea level!!!