Glass was interspersed with beautiful landscaping…making it look like nature.
Chihuly Outdoors
Category: Places to take visitors
Chihuly Gardens and Glass
This beautiful ocean sculpture has cool gold sea creatures in it.
Chihuly Garden and Glass
This portion of the exhibit was inspired my Native American baskets. He wove “threads” into the glass and let the shape resemble baskets that have flopped and caved in on the sides.
Crabfest Main Tent
Here with the giant octopus decorations is where the crab dinners are served up. THere are also lots of other seafood vendors with crab rolls, oysters, crab cakes and my favorite Kokopelli fish and chips. (with the best tarter sauce that I can’t manage to recreate!)
Dungeness Crab and Seafood festival
Every year Port Angeles hosts the Dungeness Crab and Seafood Festival. This year had PERFECT WEATHER (not always the case–usually coats and layers are required!) For $40 you get a whole crab, ear of corn and some cole slaw. The crab is REALLY FRESH…often just out of the bay. THousands aof CAnadians come over the ferry for the festival. There are three bands playing, lots of craft vendors. And …
CRAB HATS!
The Seattle Great Wheel– pier 57
Two of Seattle’s iconic landmarks- The Great Wheel (where you can even have dinner from Fisherman’s restaurant on your private gondola), and the Space Needle.
You have to get up early for reflection
Lake Crescent is so beautiful…even better from the water.
I love the reflections of the rock walls in the water here. But every day by about 10 am the winds have begun and no more reflections.
This area is of a railroad tunnel ( just to the left of the wood bridge) that is now part of the Olympic Discovery trail.