Short Trips
SEQUIM -- This town seems to be bursting with pride as a major revitalization construction effort hits its stride in the downtown corridor.
Historically, the small Olympic Peninsula community has been touted as one of the best places in the state to live. Owing to a natural phenomenon called the rain shadow, Sequim gets only about 15 inches of rain a year, less then a lot of areas in the much more arid eastern half of the state.
By Jeff Larsen | February 26, 2004
It's true that the rain-shadow effect blesses Sequim with less than half the annual precipitation that lands on Seattle (15 inches versus 39). That's one reason to don tights and head west for a winter bike ride.
Better still: At this time of year, there's little tourist traffic poking along on the road to Dungeness Bay. This could be called the "vehicle shadow" effect.
By Gordon Black | February 13, 2003
