Back
again in the USA! After taking 22 hours to arrive here, caused by a delay in
Philadelphia, then an hour's drive north to finally sort out the
noise on the Dodge, a dreadful drive back through the concrete jungle
of Seattle on the I-5 we took the pretty road along the Hood Canal
towards Olympic National Park.
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| HOOD CANAL FROM POTLATCH STATE PARK |
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| LAKE CUSHMAN |
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| LAKE CUSHMAN |
Weather
was warm during the day but with cool mornings and evenings, autumn
is just around the corner.
Drove
north on the 101 and stopped 2 nights at Sequim, where we took a trip into Olympic National Park, a vast wilderness area of mountains, lakes, forests, coast and temperate rain forest. We drove 17 miles up to Hurricane Ridge at 5242 feet, it was stunning in the hot sunshine, which did nothing for the photos. We hiked 3+ miles up and back to Hurricane Hill - gorgeous and Roy spotted an Olympic marmot on the way down. The black tailed deer were so tame we had to shoo them away from our picnic table.
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| panorama of Olympic mountains from Hurricane Ridge |
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| looking from Hurricane Hill towards Port Angeles and in the mist - Vancouver Island |
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| black tailed deer asking if we had any spare lunch - shoo! |
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| Olympic marmot |
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| butterflies in abundance |
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| one of those mountains in the background is Mt Olympus |
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| love this - it's how kids draw mountains! |
Well done guys. Your pics just get better and better (love the one of Cushman Lake, no not the one with you in it, though of course that one is very nice as well). We drove past that area without even knowing it was there!. Isn't Hurricane Ridge just a special place?
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