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Cruising Hood Canal
Expeditions NW announces a Hood Canal Cruise on
Sunday through Tuesday, August 28 to 30. For many
people, this cruise will provide a unique opportunity to
see local sights from a different perspective, a view of
Hood Canal that many have never seen before.
The expedition begins on the night of Sunday, August
28, with a stay at The Resort At Port Ludlow, followed
on Monday, August 29, at 9:15 a.m., with a four-hour
journey down Hood Canal to Alderbrook Resort and Spa,
where you will spend the night.
After traveling through the Hood Canal Bridge, cruisers
will enjoy the 50-mile glacier-carved fjord surrounded by
beautiful mountains and forestlands. Hood Canal is one of
only two fjords in the Continental U.S. and separates the
Kitsap from the Olympic Peninsula. The Navy Sub Base
Bangor Annex is located on the eastern shore of Hood
Canal. The Canal has several internal bays, the largest of
which is Dabob Bay.
The cruise sails past rivers flowing into the canal, mostly
from the Olympic Peninsula, including the Skokomish,
Hamma Hamma, Duckabush, Dosewallips and Big
Quilcene. Rich in history and culture, the Canal has an
amazing combination of nature’s most extraordinary
selections of flora and fauna—and is home to a wide
range of wildlife including Roosevelt elk, fox, bald
eagles, pileated woodpecker, marbled murrelet, pygmy
owl, great blue heron and purple martin, to name a few.
You’ll enjoy a barbecue with the crew in one of the many
scenic spots along the canal.
The boat returns to Port Ludlow the afternoon of
Tuesday, August 30 with lunch provided. Total cost
for the package is $898, based on double occupancy. It
includes two four-hour cruises on the Canal, a one-night
stay at The Inn At Port Ludlow with a $40 meal voucher
per person, a one-night stay at Alderbrook Resort with a
$40 meal voucher, the Day 2 barbecue and Day 3 lunch.
Expeditions NW requires a minimum of 50 passengers
or the cruise may be rescheduled. Both The Resort At
Port Ludlow and Alderbrook Resort offer many activities
including golfing, hiking, kayaking, relaxing, luxury
lodging and outstanding food.
For further information, go to www.expeditionsnw.com/
hood-canal-cruise or call 360-452-6210.
Cunliffe Photos Exhibited
The Gateway Visitor Center is presenting an exhibit
featuring Stephen Cunliffe’s beautiful photographs of
avian life and the Olympic Peninsula. He won the 2009
Canon Cameras in the Parks contest with his photograph
of an Avocet beak to beak with his own reflection.
Cunliffe’s bird and landscape shots capture the spirit of
our Peninsula and western Washington. The Gateway
Visitor Center will display these eclectic works through
the month of August, so stop by for a look.
If you would like to be an ambassador for our historic
County and provide support to our local communities, the
Olympic Peninsula Gateway Visitor Center is looking for
volunteers again this year to keep our Center open to the
public. Our volunteers provide local expertise that travelers
really need and appreciate on a daily basis. We greet
people from around the world, year round, and make them
feel at home here on our beautiful Olympic Peninsula. If
you think you have been around Jefferson County long
enough to feel local, we need you! Stop by, e-mail gatewayvcr@olympus.net
or call us at 437-0120.
Volunteer for A Day of Caring
A Day of Caring, sponsored by United Good Neighbors
of Jefferson County (UGN) is sponsoring “A Day of
Caring” on Friday, September 16, from 9:00 to noon, as
a kick-off to its 2011-12 fundraising campaign.
This event will provide an opportunity for non-profit
organizations to receive three hours of volunteer help,
and for businesses and services groups to build team
spirit among their employees and members by working
alongside one another for a worthy cause. Activities
will include projects like painting, clean-ups, mailings
and phone calling. UGN will match volunteers with
non-profits.
To request volunteer assistance for your organization or to
sign up your business or organization to serve as volunteers,
go to UGN’s website WeAreUGN.org or call the
UGN office at 385-3797.
A member of United Ways of Washington, UGN is
Jefferson County’s safety net, providing funding to over
30 non-profit programs annually, including emergency,
youth, senior and healthcare services.