As I said in a previous post, the Olympic Discovery Trail is long. We plan to break it into sections and explore them all since we have time. The other day we drove out to Lake Crescent and rode the section called Spruce Railroad plus extra. This was once a railroad used to haul Sitka …
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 near 5 miles but we did a bit of extra credit to get to Lake Creek. …
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 and rode west one day. For the most part the Olympic Discovery Trail is a path …
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 perfect for forest hikes. First we passed by the lake before taking the trail through the …
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 can walk pretty far to the south until the waves crash up against the rocky cliff …
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 weather for a few days wasn’t looking great with rain in the forecast but our raincoats …
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 cars in the parking lot. It is the hardest to get to in that the road …
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 here before and love it. The Hoh Rainforest is named after the ever-flowing Hoh River that …
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 the largest trees in the world. The Quinault Valley hosts the largest known western red cedar, …
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 of Juan de Fuca to the north and the Hood Canal to the east. It is …