Here are additional best bets for this weekend:
Crab feed tonight
Get a jump on all Saturday and Sunday’s tourists by having dinner at the crab festival’s “old-fashioned community crab feed” on the Port Angeles waterfront tonight.
On the menu — fresh whole Dungeness crab, hot or cold (of course!) plus organic coleslaw and organic corn from Nash Huber’s farm in the Dungeness Valley.
The crabby delicacies will be served from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the John L. Scott Crab Central Pavilion in the parking lot of the Red Lion Hotel, 221 N. Lincoln St.
Cost is $18 per person, with expresso, wine, beer and desserts available at additional cost.
Heritage Days windup
Plaid shirts, red suspenders and cork boots are a dime a dozen at Hickory Shirt/Heritage Days, the West End’s weeklong celebration of its history and heritage in Forks.
The annual festival concludes Saturday.
The schedule:
* Today
9 a.m. — The famous — and free — Forks Logging and Mill Tour. Reservations suggested. Contact Forks Visitor Center 360-374-2531 for details and information.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Heritage Days “Women of the West End” artist displays and demonstrations, West Wind Gallery, 120 Sol Duc Way.
* Saturday
10 a.m.-2 p.m. — Cultural Cooking Exchange, Forks Senior Center, 651 E. Division St. Hands-on cooking preparing diverse traditional foods.
Family Planning of Clallam County and Forks Community Hospital’s health and education program organized the event and will also provide bilingual educational information about breast cancer; breast self exam instruction, and information about accessing mammography.
10 a.m.-2 p.m. — Bogachiel Garden Club annual fall plant sale, Transit Center, 120 E. E St.
10 a.m.-3 p.m. — Friends of Forks Animals annual rummage and bake sale, VFW Hall, 110 S. Spartan Ave.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. — Heritage Days “Women of the West End” artist displays, demonstrations and silent auction, West Wind Gallery, 120 Sol Duc Way.
1 p.m.-4 p.m. — Annual Fish and Brew Contest, Huckleberry Lodge, 1171 Big Pine Lane. Homemade apple cider, root beer, smoked fish, music and home brew.
Protection Island cruises
Cruises around the Protection Island Natural Wildlife Refuge will be co-hosted starting Saturday by the Port Townsend Marine Science Center and the Sequim-based Olympic Peninsula Audubon Society.
The three-hour trips are scheduled from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. on this Saturday and on Oct. 14, 21, 28 and Nov. 4.
Tickets are $50 per person ($45 for members of the Port Townsend Marine Science Center, Burke Museum, Audubon or the Washington Ornithological Society).
For reservations, phone the Port Townsend Marine Science Center at 360-385-5582 or 800-566-3932, or e-mail cruises@ptmsc.org for additional information.
Or reservations can be booked through the Dungeness River Audubon Center at 360-681-4076.
Train show and swap
North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders will hold a train show and swap meet on Saturday and Sunday.
The free event will be held at Sequim Prairie Grange, 290 Macleay Road, off Old Olympic Highway near Carlsborg.
The hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday.
The club’s model train will be up and running on a track.
The show will offer vendors, displays and demonstrations along with train items and memorabilia for sale.
PA car show Saturday
Autos, trucks and vintage motorcycles will be on display at the Eagles car show on Saturday.
Peninsula Dream Machines club will present the show at the Port Angeles Eagles Club, 110 S. Penn St.
Owners who want to show their vehicles should bring canned food to exchange for free registration, which will occur 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Show time begins at 11 a.m. and runs to 3 p.m.
The show will also have food, vendors, raffles, free car inspections and the Fall Food Bank Flea Market (again, don’t forget to bring some canned food donations).
The Eagles Club is on the corner of Penn and East First streets, across from McDonalds restaurant.
Go on to tour?
Will Nelson operates All Points Charters and Tours, a full-service tour and charter company serving Clallam and Jefferson counties with day tours to Lake Crescent, Hurricane Ridge, Hoh rain forest, Makah Tribal Center, wineries of the North Olympic Peninsula and trips elsewhere in the state.
The company also provides custom transportation for any size group, for any purpose, to anywhere in Washington — plus it will make arrangements for business meetings, weddings and other events (including catering, tours, accommodations and arrangements for meeting rooms, entertainment and golf tournaments).
New tours for the holiday seasons are being booked now.
Tours are available for Dead Sea Scrolls exhibit at Seattle Center which ends Jan. 7, 2007, and Leonardo da Vinci: Man, Inventor, Genius exhibit at the Museum of Flight which ends Jan. 28, 2007.
Charters for several upcoming events at the Puyallup Fairgrounds are available, including Craft and Quilting Expo, Nov. 16 and Nov. 18, and Great Train Expo, Nov. 18 and Nov. 19.
A Victorian Country Christmas event, Dec. 1 to Dec. 3, will also be held at the fairgrounds, and holiday shopping trips can be chartered to Alderwood Mall in Lynnwood.
Christmas lights tours are offered by the company, as well as executive mini-coach service for Halloween or holiday office parties, ensuring a safe ride home.
For more information or bookings, phone Nelson at 360-565-1139, or e-mail tours@goallpoints.com.
