Showing posts with label Olympic National Park. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Olympic National Park. Show all posts
Friday, November 26, 2021

A Tiny Bit of Olympic National Park

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I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving! I want to thank you for following my blog and my journeys through the National Park System. The dis...
Friday, July 9, 2021

On the Trail

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Near the Quinault ranger station (which was closed during my visit) was a nature trail--two actually. One takes you to the Kestner homestead...
Friday, July 2, 2021

Big Trees

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As hinted at previously, this part of the world is responsible for most of the world records for big trees. One of the biggest is the Quinau...
Friday, June 25, 2021

The Quinault Auto Loop

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 On Sunday morning I started visiting the Quinault portion of the park in earnest. An auto-loop road started near my hotel so after I checke...
Friday, June 18, 2021

Inside the lodge

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The outside of the lodge was amazing. And then you step inside and it's like going back in time! This lodge has a rustic yet sophisticat...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Lodge Front and Back

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I made it to my hotel--the Lake Quinault Lodge. It's a historic hotel right on the edge of the National Park boundaries. This is the fro...
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Friday, June 4, 2021

Water Water Everywhere

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 After leaving Hurricane Ridge, I started driving around the park heading to my hotel for the evening. I stopped at 2 additional locations. ...
Friday, May 28, 2021

A Hurricane in the Mountains?

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My next stop in Olympic National Park was to drive to Hurricane Ridge. I'm not sure why it's such an accomplishment to drive up--I c...
Friday, May 21, 2021

The Beaumont Cabin

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 Just behind the visitor center is a historic cabin. While you cannot go inside, you can get a peek in the windows. I was able to get a few ...
Friday, May 14, 2021

The Old Tree

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Continuing with my visit to the Port Angeles Visitor center, I was taken with a cross-section of a very large, very old tree. It was my firs...
Friday, May 7, 2021

Not THOSE Olympics!

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 It's time to hear about my trip to the Olympic Peninsula in October of 2015. I had been to Seattle for an HPN conference and then drove...
Friday, June 26, 2020

50 States Part 28--Washington State

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Jim and I have been to Seattle twice each. But only once together! This page focuses on both of my trips. The photo of us at Boeing is actua...