Trip to Olympic Peninsula, Washington July, Aug 2017

July August 2017

Sandy and I went on a lovely trip to the Washington State Peninsula.  We flew to Seattle and then drove to Port Angeles staying in a little cottage through arrangements with VRBO.

The first day we hiked in the Hoah rain forest.  This is the wettest place in America and has many different kinds of plants.  After that we hiked in a beach area.

The next day we went Whale watching.  Though the sea was quite choppy we saw sea lions, sea elephants, orca whales and humpback whales. 

 The next day we went along the coast.  We hiked at Shi Shi beach which was one of the neatest hikes we’ve ever been on.  We also hiked to the most west land in the continental US, called Cape Flattery.  On our way back we stopped and bought some halibut which we cooked for dinner that night.  It was wonderful.  

Friday we hiked up Hurricane Ridge and had the most spectacular views of the area.  We also hiked in the Ewaah Valley.  That night we cooked a salmon dinner from freshly caught salmon we bought.  It was likewise wonderful.  In the evening we walked around the port and saw, surprise, surprise a raccoon. 

Saturday morning we went to the Dungeness marine reserve.  It was a wonderful walk to the beach.