https://bzimmer.ziclix.com/tags/gray-whale/ Recent content in Gray-Whale on Hugo en Mon, 22 Dec 2025 21:47:17 +0100 https://bzimmer.ziclix.com/2009/08/23/beach-whale-lavender/ Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000 https://bzimmer.ziclix.com/2009/08/23/beach-whale-lavender/ <p>Some time had passed since our last <a href="https://bzimmer.ziclix.com/2008/06/19/dungeness-spit-black-brants-and-nashs-organic-farm-stand/">visit</a> to <a href="http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/pugetsound/bluffs/dungeness.html">Dungeness Spit</a> so with good weather predicted we trekked out to &ldquo;where people can spit?&rdquo;.</p> <figure> <a data-fancybox="Beach, whale, lavender." href="https://photos.smugmug.com/i-kZ87KkC/0/M/i-kZ87KkC-M.jpg" data-caption="lavender fields"> <img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/i-kZ87KkC/0/M/i-kZ87KkC-M.jpg" alt="lavender fields"> </a> <figcaption>lavender fields</figcaption> </figure> <p>The Spit is located in Sequim, which has the distinction of being extremely dry (relatively speaking) year-round owing to its location within the Olympic Mountains&rsquo; <a href="http://www.visitsun.com/rainshadow.html">rain shadow</a>. Among Sequim&rsquo;s other attractions are numerous lavender farms benefiting from the dry, sunny environment. And, we were soon to learn, some pretty cool marine wildlife.</p>