Olympic Peninsula

Over the Easter Break, Jeff and I made a trip out to Olympic National Park in Washington State. It is in the Olympic Peninsula which you can get to via road or ferry. It is an interesting place with diverse eco-systems: the beach, the rainforest and mountains, all in the peninsula.

Our first stop was Kalaloch Beach campground. The campground is on a bluff overlooking the ocean. Although it is a beautiful place, I have to say that I didn’t sleep well there because of the tsunami warning signs around… When the tide was low, we walked along the beach for quite a distance. See a short clip of the Beach

We also saw some slimy shellfish looking thing that we had no idea what it is…

What is this? Soft and slimy

We also explored around the area and saw a few big trees of which a couple hold the record of the “World’s largest [insert type of] tree”

We also went to the Hoh Rainforest. If you think you’ve seen a lot of moss at Golden Ears Provincial Park, I have to tell you that the moss at GE pales in comparison to the moss at Hoh. They even have a trail called the Hall of Mosses.

Moss

We spent a night in the campground in the Port Angeles area called Heart O’ the Hills which is up hill in the Hurricane Ridge area. There is short hike to a great viewpoint, but unfortunately the road leading up to it was still closed for the season… so off we go to another place – Dungeness Spit, and it was also warmer too!

We stayed at the county campground which was also on a bluff overlooking the Juan de Fuca Strait… phew, no tsunami signs. There were quite a number of black-tail deers in the campground. See a deer that was just feet away from our site – Deer

The next day we walked to the lighthouse that is at the end of the spit – 5 miles away! Yup, we walked 10miles (16kms) on the beach that day. It wasn’t exactly a romantic stroll.. The lighthouse was immaculate and people actually pay $350 to stay there for the week! We were given a tour of the lighthouse and got to go up to the tower… Sorry, I don’t have any pics, it’s in the other camera..

Anyways, we are now back in town and life will be back to normal… No more vacations for a while.. I’ll be calling ya! 🙂