Olympic Peninsula Tour

Imagine the grandeur of the great Pacific Northwest, enjoying the magnificent Fall colors, while traveling the historic Highway 101. This pristine tour will begin at 7 Cedar’s Casino in Sequim with lunch on or before 11:30 a.m. There will be three departure points from around the Puget Sound: Hawk’s Prairie Casino and Restaurant in Lacy; Edmonds Ferry Terminal; and the Keystone Ferry Terminal on Whidbey Island. For further details on these separate departure points and times, contact Tom Millar at (206)390-3469. Following lunch, the tour will proceed along Highway 101 and stop at the Harbinger Winery on the outside of Port Angeles. After some tasting of these fabulous wines the group will then continue their journey along Highway 101. Contrary to earlier communication, the tour will continue along Highway 101, going around Lake Crescent and onto Forks. Driving along the Pacific coast, traveling through Kalalock and Quinault, the tour will deviate once again from Highway 101 onto the Moclips Highway, arriving at Pacific Beach Motel & Conference Center in time to check in, enjoy dinner and continue our grand time.

The Pacific Beach Motel & Conference Center is a Navy recreational facility, operated out of Naval Station Puget Sound in Everett. Tom Millar, a retired Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander, will be your host at the Navy facility. This facility was once an active Naval station, monitoring submarine activities along the Pacific coast. Today, it is a full service recreational facility featuring several motel-like rooms and “Presidential Suites”, with pricing ranging from $50 - $87 per night. It also has a game room, bowling alley, outside activities, gift shop, restaurant and a full service bar. Tour participants will need to make their own reservations by calling 1-888-463-6697, referencing the Puget Sound Miata Club and Tom Millar, LCDR (ret.), USCGR.

This is the way the reservation works: when you make a reservation, your credit card will be charged for the stay. However, you have up until 10 days before the date of arrival to cancel the reservation and receive a credit to your card. The Navy also has a web site at: http://www.navylifepnw.com/site/68/Pacific-Beach.aspx Following dinner, there is a party room that we can use for an after-dinner gathering. By now, all participants should have arranged their own reservations for the overnight venue at Pacific Beach.

Following breakfast the next day, the tour will continue along the coast for awhile and then inland where we will visit another winery, West Port Winery, and enjoy some twisty roads on our way back home. As a later lunch option, we have selected the Little Creek Casino off of Highway 101 for those that are interested.

IMPORTANT: As of today (September 15, 2008), it is assumed that you have booked your individual accommodations at Pacific Beach. Remember, you are not on the hook financially unless you cancel after 10 days prior to the day of your stay.