In Praise of American Family Values ! - Two nights in Sequim .

We left the security of Darrell and Cindy's beach house and took the 4:30 pm Keystone to Port Townsend . We intended to stay there but accommodation was in short supply due to the upcoming " Wooden Boat Festival " We checked out the Econo. Lodge followed by the Sundowner Motel and finally , after some bargaining with Mrs. Patel we went to the HP Sequim Inn and Suites which promised a room for one at $ 69.00 but only offered a twin bed room for $109.00 .
We returned to the Sundowner Motel and took up the very fare discount we had been offered of $69.00 for a very clean ground floor twin bedded room .
The Patel family from Gujarat show true American values . They work hard in their own business in the belief that their children and grandchildren will benefit from their diligence and labor .
We went across the road to " Fred's Hobbies and guns " where we found out about a local shooting range - Sunnydell . It was on Dryke road . As usual we were welcomed as old friends , were given the makings of a cup of tea and settled down alone in the club house with a DVD . It was awesome - a film showing the best exhibition shooting I have ever seen Matt Dryke the 1986 Olympic Gold Medal Winner , Introduced by his father and trainer .Chuck Dryke whom we had just met . You can get one on one training yourself from .......... for only $ 100.00 per hour - My provincial solicitor charges £ 125.00 ( about$ 225.00 ) .
More truly great Americans .

Among the shooting feats were hitting seven hand thrown clays with a pump action gun before the last one hit the ground - skeet shooting from a unicycle and repeatedly hitting .22 ejected cartridges as they spun from the ejection port . Awesome!

A few yards from the motel were rows of trailer homes with a variety of beaten up old pick ups outside .some with beautifully kept if small gardens .
On Bell hill in the distance were lots of palatial mansions looking down over Sequim and the Straits of Juan De Fuca .Here there is contrast - Pictures here Freedom is not tidy ! There is a general view that trailer people can make it to Bell hill if they work hard - anyone born an American can become President . One man becoming rich does not make another poor , quite the opposite . By economic activity the rich spread the wealth downwards .. Wealth is not finite but is there for the taking through effort and hard work not by government taxing the productive and subsidising the lazy .

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