Not sure how you’ll spend your weekend?
Here’s our suggestions of Five Fun Places to Visit and Things to Do:
• Indianola Days, July 21- 23. Join in on the sandcastle contest, enjoy a salmon dinner and more.
Friday brings about the salmon prep and stunt night, with sandcastle building on Saturday along with a street fair and salmon dinner. There’s a pet parade, antique automobile show and softball game on Sunday. Check it out along the Indianola beach.
• Bremerton Rock the Dock, July 22, 5 to 8 p.m., at the Louis Mentor Boardwalk at the Bremerton Marina, 120 Washington Beach Ave., Bremerton.
Hear music by Longstride, a reggae-rock-groove with real melodies and amazing execution with a “high energy, crowd moving” stage show. Their debut album, “Days Like These,” exhibits the breadth, power and soul of the band’s sound.
Longstride began performing in August 2012, their first show was opening for The Los Lonely Boys and they have since been packing clubs from Seattle to Tacoma, Everett, Olympia and beyond.
Event is free and presented by the Bremerton Downtown Association.
• Gardens with a View, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. July 22 in Hansville. A self-guided tour of eight private gardens in the Greater Hansville area, presented by Hansville Helping Hands and Cemetery. Tickets: $15 per person. For more information, go to www.hansville.org or call Angilina Jensen at 425-244-8923.
• Heronswood Plant Sale and Garden Tour, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 22. Dan Hinkley, founder and garden director of Heronswood, will start the day with a lecture at 11 a.m.
At 1 p.m. Lucy Hardiman, owner of Perennial Partners, will present “Summertime and the Gardening is Easy: Plant Combinations that Sizzle in the Summer.”
Entry to the plant sale and lectures is free of charge. Lecture space is first come, first served. Heronswood Garden is located at 7530 NE 288th St., Kingston.
• Wine on the Rock: Bainbridge Island Summer Event, noon to 5 p.m. July 22-23. Two days of wine, music and food at each of the seven Bainbridge Island wineries. Tickets are $45 per person and are good for both days (one visit at each winery), wine glass, food bites, wine tote and live music. Presented by Winery Alliance of Bainbridge Island.
In the mood to take a drive?
Enjoy the 2017 Sequim Lavender Festival, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. July 21 and 22; and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. July 23 in Sequim.
There’s a Saturday street dance from 7-9 p.m. A street fair runs between North Sequim Avenue and North 3rd Avenue on West Fir Street.
A food court will be located on North 2nd Avenue between West Fir Street and West Alder Street. Free music all three days on the Lavender Stock Stage located next to the food court at on North 2nd Avenue between West Fir Street and West Alder Street.
Free tours of lavender farms 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday. To find out more, go to www.lavender festival.com.
AND... don’t forget to take your sunscreen. Here’s the forecast for this weekend:
Friday: Partly sunny, with a high near 72, Friday night: Mostly cloudy, with a low around 56.
Saturday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 76, Saturday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 57.
Sunday: Mostly sunny, with a high near 77, Sunday night: Partly cloudy, with a low around 55.
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