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A week in Sequim In 1999

Our long range plan (before this trip) was to get a slip in the John Wayne Marina, and live out our days peacefully webbing ourselves into oblivion, floating on a boat. Plans have changed. Somewhere along the way we altered our thinking to a house. Then the HOUSE thought transmogrified itself into a piece of LAND where we could build the house WE want.

So... We went house/land-hunting.

The end result of this trip is that we made an offer on a 5 acre parcel sided by a creek, with lots of trees.
But building codes and development costs caused us to drop the escrow.

HERE'S THE 1999 ROAD TRIP...

The drive up to Washington took us three days.

Day 1	Saturday, June 5, 1999. We left Sylmar at 2:30 am and barreled up Interstate 5, ultimately arriving in Grant's Pass, Oregon at about 4:00 p.m.
Day 2	Sunday, June 6, 1999. From Grant's Pass to Ocean Shores, Washington. About 8 hours of driving, from 8:00 am to 4:00 p.m.
Day 3	Monday, June 7, 1999. From Ocean Shores to Sequim. With lots of side trips, this leg of the trip took about 11 hours from 8:00 am to 7:00 p.m.

House and Land hunting:

Days 4 thru 6

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, June 8, 9 and 10. In and around Sequim. Looking at houses and land, visiting real estate brokers, loan brokers, property management firms, and insurance agents. Mostly looking at land and houses...

The piece of land we DIDN'T buy.

The Acres

This is a series of photos of the dirt road leading to the property we did not buy. About 1,500 feet of "driveway" curving through the trees.

Here is a photo of Mount Shasta, from somewhere along old Highway 99 around Yreka, California,
on the way home Friday, June 11.

It's the last photo.

We were pooped.