A DAY OF DRIVING.
Day 230 – Things looked better this morning, a little breezy, a little sun, NO rain. We got ready to leave for a drive out to Cape Flattery, the most northwestern point in the U.S. The car barely started. You know that sound when the battery is dying? It had been 6 years since we replaced the car battery. Tomorrow is a holiday and everything might be closed. Better do that now. So much for an early start.
Continue readingDay 229 – It rained last night and all day today. It’s a good thing we went up to the top of Hurricane Ridge when we did – we haven’t seen the top of the mountains since that day. Except for grocery shopping today to stock up for Canada, we just stayed at the RV. We had to find a place for all the groceries, books, and cat food. Our chores are all done now, and we have two more days here. Hoping for good weather…………..
Day 228 – The weather was sunny at 9 a.m. By 10:00 it was raining. The weather was lousy until about 5 p.m. We took advantage of the rain and clouds by taking care of almost all of our errands in one day.
Continue readingHURRICANE RIDGE, PORT ANGELES, LUNCH, & MORE.
Day 227 – Today we did a lot of driving, familiarizing ourselves with the area, and visited Hurricane Ridge – one of the reasons we came to Port Angeles. We took lots of pictures and the scenery was awesome. But it was cloudy and foggy and there was some rain at times; the pictures would’ve been better if it was a clear, sunny day. The high today was 61 degrees and that was nice!
Continue readingTRAVEL DAY
From: Quileute Oceanside Resort & RV Park, La Push, WA.
To: Elwha Dam RV Park, Port Angeles, WA.
Day 226 – It rained some last night and it was quite windy with some gusts shaking the RV at times. This morning it was 49 degrees with light rain. Today we’re leaving La Push & heading to Port Angeles. Port Angeles is located on the Strait of Juan de Fuca between Washington state and Victoria, BC Canada. Victoria is on Vancouver Island, 18 miles across the Strait from Port Angeles, WA. We’ll be taking a ferry from Port Angeles to Victoria next Tuesday.
THE HOH RAINFOREST.
Day 225 – The Hoh Rainforest is probably the most popular and most-visited of the Olympic National Park rainforests. They have a great moss and fern-filled trail which we hiked in the 1980’s during our quick visit to Washington; it was the only rainforest we visited in the Park at that time. This trip we saved it for last and were hoping for perfect weather. Unfortunately, it was foggy and very cloudy today, although it did wait to rain until our drive back to the RV.
Continue readingDay 224 – It was a quiet and peaceful day at the campground. The low last night was 41 degrees and the high today was 55 degrees. It was very cloudy with some fog. We did 2 more loads of laundry, very convenient, and later baked halibut for dinner.
Continue readingPLAYING MUSICAL CAMPSITE CHAIRS.
Day 223 – It was very cloudy all day in La Push. We did not go inland to see if it was sunny and warm there. We were up early again to fight for a reservation at Provincial Parks in British Columbia. The third try was a charm.
Continue readingTHE BOGACHIEL RAINFOREST.
Day 222 – It was supposed to be sunny today and be in the 60’s. Except that it wasn’t. We decided not to go to Hoh Rainforest in the morning when the weather looked bad. After lunch, tired of sitting around doing laundry at the campground, we left to go to Bogachiel Rainforest, a much shorter drive to a much smaller rainforest. Maybe ten minutes inland from the campground, the sun was shining and it was 10 degrees warmer. Surprise!
Continue readingRIALTO BEACH.
Day 221 – 43 degrees this morning, but NOT raining. Promising. There were heavy clouds that looked threatening all morning. Meanwhile, at the campground people were leaving their campsites to make room for those who’d reserved for the weekend. A new batch of campers will come in beginning this afternoon. We went out sightseeing after lunch.
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