Sequim, Washington lies within the rain shadow of the mighty Olympic Mountains and on average, receives less than 16 inches of rain a year. It’s nickname is sunny Sequim and it is the lavender capital of North America. It’s a bit early still for lavender, but when it is in bloom we will definitely visit. …
We set out to go to the Irrigation Festival in downtown Sequim to see what that was all about but got sidetracked. Sidetracked by the Sequim Log Festival. Who knew? First we went to the marina to walk around and enjoy the great weather we are being treated to up here on the Peninsula. Then …
Salt Creek Recreation Area began life as a harbor defense military base named Camp Hayden, built between 1942 and 1945. Remnants of Camp Hayden remain throughout the park and we passed several. Camp Hayden consists of two large concrete bunkers, and several smaller structures. Our Striped Peak loop had a couple out and back legs and …
The Strait of Juan de Fuca is huge at 96 miles long. Dungeness Spit is a sand spit jutting out approximately 5 miles from the northern edge of the Olympic Peninsula into the strait. It is the longest natural sand spit in the United States and is growing in length by about 15 feet per year. The spit grows …
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 …