Just inside the Hurricane Ridge entrance booth to Olympic National Park we did a short hike on a cool spring day. The Heart O’the Hills Trail starts inside the campground and goes out and back. Our hike was pretty...
Olympic Discovery Trail to Elwha River
The Olympic Discovery Trail is a nice gem on the Olympic Peninsula. The trail starts at water’s edge in historic Port Townsend and ends at the Pacific Ocean. We started in Deer Park which is east of Port Angeles...
Marymere Falls Hike
Marymere Falls hike is an easy, less than 2 mile hike by Lake Crescent in Washington. We were coming from Forks and stopped here to do a quick hike and stretch. It was a cool, foggy day which is...
Second Beach
Our last beach day in the Forks area turned out to be a glorious sunny day. We drove to La Push and hiked Second Beach. From the parking lot to the beach is only .8 miles but then you...
Rialto Beach
Rialto Beach is another pretty popular beach hike on the Olympic Peninsula by Forks because at low tide you get to hike through a hole or passageway in the rock to get to tidepools on the other side. The...
Bogachiel River Trail Hike
We visited Quinalt Rainforest on a hike one day, Hoh Rainforest on a hike another day, and now Bogachiel Rainforest on today’s hike. The Bogachiel is less visited. In fact, the day we hiked it there were no other...
Hoh Rainforest Hike
Olympic National Park was created in 1938 to preserve “the finest example of primeval forest…and provide permanent protection for the herds of native Roosevelt elk.” The Hoh Rainforest encompasses 24 miles along the Ho River. We have never been...
Lake Quinalt Rainforest
Majestic glacier-carved and glacier-fed Lake Quinault is surrounded by mossy old growth trees of the Quinault Rain Forest, one of only three temperate coniferous rain forests in the Western Hemisphere. The Lake Quinault area is home to some of...
South Olympic Peninsula Beaches
We are finally n Washington! Most people don’t know where the Olympic Peninsula is so let me explain. The Olympic Peninsula is anchored by the majestic Olympic Mountains and bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Strait...
Fort Stevens Park Ride
Fort Stevens State Park has a really nice network of paved paths with a short section of trail. We camped in the park and took one morning to ride around and explore. This was more of a meandering ride...