Guests who woke early enough were treated to a spectacular sunrise over the water last week. The most colorful I’ve seen in a long while.
Thanks, James & Mary Ann for rising with the sun, and for taking the time to share this photo with us!
~Bonnie
Sunrise over the San Juan Islands
“Watch for guests to arrive, and greet them with a smile, Little Fawn,” said Mom as she taught her toddler the ABC’s of running a bed and breakfast.
This fawn was born five days ago on our property. What a sweet sight today, when I peeked through the rhododendrons, to see Mom her nursing her hungry baby. I followed them at a distance, snapping pictures of the pair, and they didn’t seem to mind a bit. ~Bonnie
Waiting for Guests to Arrive
A big thank-you to our guests, Mary & Carole, for sharing with us this beautiful image they captured while hiking to the lighthouse on Dungeness Spit yesterday! At 5.5 miles long, the Dungeness Spit is the longest natural sand spit in America . . . and it’s just 12 minutes from Sea Cliff Gardens Bed & Breakfast. ~ Bonnie
Starfish on Dungeness Spit, Sequim, Washington
For you football fans, at breakfast we couldn’t help but notice two shiny Superbowl rings on our guest’s hands. Back in the day, Dan Bunz played for the 49′ers and basked in two Superbowl victories. In Super Bowl XVI on Jan. 24, 1982, he made the most famous goal-line tackle in Super Bowl history–”The Stop.” He and his awesome wife Liz (gardener extraordinaire) kept us mesmerized with their inspiring stories!
We told them we just might change the name of their room to “The Bunz Room.” ~Bonnie
Liz & Dan Bunz: "The Stop" at Sea Cliff Gardens Bed & Breakfast
Yesterday was a beautiful spring day to be working in the flower gardens at Sea Cliff Gardens Bed & Breakfast. The bees were buzzing happily about the heather, the tulips are just beginning to open, and the fragrance from the hyacinth smells like sweet summer.
Our Washington State B&B sits on a bluff high above the waterway that meanders from the Pacific Ocean to Port Angeles, Sequim, Port Townsend, and finally the Puget Sound. ~Bonnie
Heather in Bloom at Sea Cliff Gardens Bed & Breakfast
Last summer we planted this Flowering Weeping Cherry at the bed and breakfast. Found her at a great nursery between Sequim and Port Angeles called Vision Landscape and Nursery.
So happy she made it through the winter. Seeing her pink blossoms for the first time made me want to break out in song. Didn’t want to scare the guests away though so I just hummed. ~Bonnie
Flowering Weeping Cherry at Sea Cliff Gardens Bed & Breakfast
Ride the Hurricane!
On August 5, 2012, Olympic National Park will close the Hurricane Ridge Road for its annual bicycling event. This is the only day of the year when cyclists own this spectactular stretch of winding mountain road. All 17 miles of it! For the first time, there will be no pilot cars for the downhill descent, so cyclists can ride (or fly) at their own pace. At the 5,200 foot summit, you’ll be treated to snacks and beverages at the Visitors Center. Cost is $35, and you can register at http://www.portangeles.org/ride-the-hurricane.html
After the ride, you’ll need to soak in a Jacuzzi or hot tub, of course, and I know the perfect Port Angeles Bed and Breakfast: Sea Cliff Gardens Bed & Breakfast!
Road to Hurricane Ridge, Port Angeles, Washington
From the dining room window, we admired this bald eagle in the back yard of the bed and breakfast. (Port Angeles and Sequim, where we are, along with the rest of the Olympic Peninsula, enjoy daily sightings of these awesome birds of prey.) Then this little brown bird, not much bigger than a chicken nugget, swoops in and lands next to the eagle. That’s some pluck. For several minutes they sat silently, until the eagle finally spread his six-foot wings and flew off. The nugget promptly hopped onto the eagle’s perch. I could almost hear her say, “king of the mountain!”
Bald Eagle and Buddy at Sea Cliff Gardens Bed and Breakfast
Hurricane Ridge and the Olympic Mountains
Thanks to Tom Roorda for capturing this amazing view of our Olympic Mountains from his small plane a couple of days ago. Wow!
You can’t see her in this picture, but one of our guests, Vanessa, was visiting Hurricane Ridge at the time. She came back gushing about the spectacular views. On the ground or in the air, the Olympics are an unforgettable sight. ~Bonnie
The bald eagles are putting on quite a show, flirting and courting again. These juveniles were practicing courtship rituals–getting ready for their heads to turn white, which happens when bald eagles are mature, at about four years old. All over the Olympic Peninsula, especially near the beaches at this time of year, you can see playful, courting bald eagles.
Juvenile Bald Eagles Practicing Courtship Rituals at Sea Cliff Gardens Bed & Breakfast
Thanks to our guest, David, who snapped this photo from the window of his guestroom. It’s way better than any of the pictures I’ve taken this month! ~Bonnie
