Gig Harbor, WA (Puget Sound)

On Thursday March 31, we traveled 80 miles from Sequim, WA to Gig Harbor, WA. We used Hwy’s 101, 104, 3 and 16. Relative to our driving for the past month this was a quick trip as we were able to travel at highway speeds for a change. Today was the first time in a month that the majority of our travel was not on Hwy 101.

For 2 nights we’ll stay here at Gig Harbor RV Resort. Gig is a harbor on Puget Sound, southwest of Seattle. We are told we will see Mount Ranier when we drive down to the Harbor area. Folks are excited because tomorrow’s forecast is for party sunny weather.

The internet signal here is poor so we are not able to receive or send email. Surfing the web is slow. There are no sports channels on the cable here, so Anne and I went out to eat last night to a place where we were able to see the Celtics/Spurs game. Yeah! I haven’t seen the boys play for about a month.

There are 2 mountain ranges in this geographic area, so depending on your location the weather can vary greatly. To the west of Puget Sound are the Olympics. We are at the base of those here at Gig Harbor. To the east of Puget Sound are the Cascades. In the northern Cascades they’ve had serious flooding, mudslides and even avalanches the past couple of days, both due to heavy rains.

Today, Friday, we had company. Anne’s cousin Richard traveled an hour from his home in Kent WA to spend most of the day with us. Anne made lunch and dinner. Anne has not seen him since the 1980’s. The two of them get along really well. Today was a rainy day and we had a very nice time with Richard. We took a short ride into Gig Harbor this afternoon. It is a bustling harbor with a number of marinas and restaurants.

Yesterdays weather forecast for today was wrong. It has rained all day long so we have yet to see Mount Ranier.

In terms of driving around the country, we’ve turned the NW corner and it feels now like we’re on our way home.

Tomorrow we may move on to stay in Black Diamond, WA and spend some more time with Richard. After that we will move on to spend a day or two in Vantage, WA before we head off toward Spokane, WA and northern Idaho.