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roastery. Craving a decadent dessert?
Raindrop Desserts & Espresso,
128 E.
Washington St. (
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360/582-1143
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Khu Larb Thai
THAI Located a block off Sequim's main drag, this is our
favorite Sequim restaurant. Sure it doesn't exactly conjure up the Northwest
with its spicy cuisine, but on a damp dreary day, a plate of spicy Thai food goes
a long way toward warming a person. The
tom kha gai,
a sour-and-spicy soup
with a coconut-milk base, should not be missed.
120 W. Bell St.
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360/681-8550.
Main courses $7.50-$10. MC, V. Tues-Sun 11am-9pm.
The Original Oyster House
SEAFOOD Located on the shore of Dis-
covery Bay east of Sequim, this restaurant is hidden from the highway, down a
winding driveway through an associated condominium complex. The restaurant
has a cozy little dining room with big windows that offer a pristine view of the
bay and the hills on the opposite shore. In summer, the deck is the place to dine.
Not surprisingly, the menu is heavy on oyster dishes. If you don't eat oysters, try
the coconut-almond prawns, cioppino, and salmon. Monday through Friday,
there are early-bird dinners between 4 and 6pm.
280417 U.S. 101.
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360/385-1785.
Reservations recommended. Main dishes $13-$30. AE, DC, DISC, MC, V.
Daily 4-8 or 9pm.
The 3 Crabs
SEAFOOD The 3 Crabs is an Olympic Peninsula institution,
and folks drive from miles around to enjoy the fresh seafood and sunset views at
this friendly waterfront restaurant overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the
New Dungeness Lighthouse. For more than 40 years The 3 Crabs has been serv-
ing up Dungeness crabs in a wide variety of styles. You can order your crabs as
a cocktail, a sandwich, cracked, and as crab Louie salad. Clams and oysters also
come from the local waters and are equally good.
11 Three Crabs Rd., Dungeness.
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360/683-4264.
Reservations recommended. Main courses $8-$20. DISC,
MC, V. Daily 11:30am-9pm (until 7pm in winter).
3 Olympic National Park North &
the Northern Olympic Peninsula
Port Angeles park entrance: 48 miles W of Port Townsend, 57 miles E of Forks
The northern portions of Olympic National Park are both the most accessible and
most heavily visited. It is here, south of Port Angeles, that two roads lead into the
national park's high country. Of the two areas reached by these roads, Hurricane
Ridge is the more accessible. Deer Park, the other road-accessed high-country
destination, is at the end of a harrowing gravel road and thus is little visited. West
of Port Angeles within the national park's lowlands lie two large lakes, Lake Cres-
cent and Lake Ozette, that attract boaters and anglers. Also in this region are two
hot springs—the developed Sol Duc Resort and the natural Olympic Hot Springs.
Outside the park boundaries, along the northern coast of the peninsula, are
several campgrounds, a beautiful stretch of coastline that is popular with kayak-
ers, and a couple of small sportfishing ports, Sekiu and Neah Bay, that are also
popular with scuba divers. Neah Bay, which is on the Makah Indian Reserva-
tion, is also the site of one of the most interesting little museums in the state.
The Makah Indian Reservation encompasses Cape Flattery, which is the north-
westernmost point in the contiguous United States.
Port Angeles, primarily a lumber-shipping port, is the largest town on the
north Olympic Peninsula and serves both as a base for people exploring the
