Sunday Drive to Gig Harbor

Gig Harbor is one of my favorite places to visit from our sailboat with its protected harbor, historic waterfront and great restaurants. However, you don’t need a boat to visit this charming town. Gig Harbor is easily accessible from the Narrows Bridge or from Highway 16 on the Kitsap Peninsula. [Read more…]

Sunday Drive to the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island

Some of my favorite weekends start with a ferry ride and no real agenda. This past weekend was one of them. The sun came out — that rare, luminous Pacific Northwest spring sun that makes you cancel everything — and my husband and I decided it was finally time to check something off my local wish list: the Bloedel Reserve on Bainbridge Island.

Bliedel Reserve at Bainbridge Island

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