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| 2 Margaritas Restaurant and Bar with View of Hood Canal |
Sunday - always good for a ride to one of Joyce and my favorite destinations. The Hood Canal is in Washington State and runs straight south off of the Strait of Juan De Fuca (separating the United States from the Vancouver Island, British Columbia)
It has a fish hook like shape with the hook at the south end of the Hood Canal. By the way; it's not actually a canal, as it does not have an way in and out, but is actually dead-ended, and is more like a huge long narrow bay.
Along the bottom (or hook) portion of the Hood Canal is some extremely beautiful scenery and some great places to stop for some food or drink.
This restaurant (above - called '2 Margaritas') just opened up a few weeks ago. It's a very good traditional Mexican restaurant with a large bar and 'decks' on each end of the building that allow a beautiful view of the Hood Canal. We both really enjoyed what we ordered. I got a 'fajita burrito' and Joyce got a single enchilada. The sauces were great, the food hot, and service fast and friendly.
Just a bit farther up the road is 'The Alderbrook Inn', one of the nicest lodge type resorts you'll find with its frontage along the canal. As an example of how pretty the view is there; Bill Gates parents (the second richest man in the world, with rich parents to boot), live in this area.
The Alderbrook has a great restaurant and bar, including a deck that is open in the summer months. The food served there is as good as you can get in the restaurant, but the bar food is my place! They have a huge burger there that is the best ever.....and easily enough for two people to split and still have a hard time finishing. It would be hard to find a more beautiful setting than the Alderbrook! Combined with great food and drink, and it is a wonderful upscale place to enjoy the views of the Hood Canal from.
There's a great long 't' shaped dock on the canal behind the Alderbrook, and all of this is open to visitors. You don't have to be a guest at the lodge to eat or visit.
You'll find many the biker riding the roads up and down and around the Hood Canal any time of year. The eateries will often be 'with bikes' out front as you pull up. I've never felt any unease at all going into all of these places to eat in my motorcycle gear, including at the Alderbrook.
I hope you'll all find the time someday to take a ride up the Hood Canal. Please consider sending some photos and a ride story of your own for inclusion here on our club website.
Ride Safe brothers and sisters!
