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Bird Quest 2023

Bird Quest 2023

With Bird Fest this weekend (which I sadly can’t attend), it’s time to play Bird Quest! This fun scavenger hunt-style game sent Mom and me zipping around Sequim to find 20 ceramic bird sculptures made by the Sequim High School art students, hidden in 20 local businesses.

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Wings and Wheels – Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire

Wings and Wheels – Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire

Somewhere, in between running errands around Sequim, I noticed a banner strung across Washington Street at the west end of town, announcing the eighth Olympic Peninsula Air Affaire set for August 28. Well, I thought, that would be fun! Saturday morning was sunny, clear and a perfect 70 degrees, so I kidnapped my mother and we went to the Sequim Valley Airport.

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I’m Just Here for the Pie – Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival

I’m Just Here for the Pie – Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival

Despite the clouds, I set from Sequim headed for Joyce, about 35 miles away. Founded in 1913 by Joseph M. Joyce, the little town of Joyce breaks out in a big way the first Saturday of August. Blackberries grow very well around here (too well if you ask me and my pinpicked hands after pulling them out in what feels like a vain attempt to keep them out of my yard.). The Joyce Daze Wild Blackberry Festival celebrates this tasty and prickly bush.

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