Port Townsend & Olympic National Park

Friday, July 18th



We are setting the course to Port Townsend and then on to Olympic National Park.  Port Townsend was a pretty little stop for lunch.  We ate at the Blue Moose Café (a guidebook favorite).  It was delicious, and felt just like one of our cafes in the South ... we were on the water in the Pacific Northwest.  




The town had pretty little Victorian style houses everywhere complete with deer in their front and back yards!  (Wildlife fun is included!)  The flowers are so beautiful here, just like we’ve seen in the rest of Washington so far.  



As we made our way to Olympic National Park, the sun came out … just in time for our arrival at the Visitor Center and then on up to Hurricane Ridge.  President Theodore Roosevelt named it Mt. Olympus National Monument in 1909, and it later became Olympic National Park in 1938.  Mt. Olympus is 7,965 feet tall, but the area also consists of coastline, glaciated mountains, and rainforest, and since 1988 it is a World Heritage Site, too.






Hurricane Ridge is an area known for its picturesque mountain range.  It is perfectly accessible by car, and a popular site for tourists.  Beautiful snowcapped mountains standing at 6,700 feet, and of course, a t-shirt shop at the top!  Vi added one more to her collection. 




After coming off the ridge, we drove ALL the way around Lake Crescent.  It is the second deepest lake in Washington, and it is all within the Olympic State Park.  With the sun shining on it, we couldn’t take a bad photo.  




From the lake, we made for Curly’s Fish & Dive Camp in Sekiu, Washington.  This little place was right on the water with a nice, if foggy, view of the Straits of Juan de Fuca.  We were the only non-fishermen in the area!




The room included signs like “no scaling fish in the room”, and it felt like one of our state park lodge rooms back home. We were tired, so it more than sufficed for the night.  Tomorrow we are off to Forks and whatever else we can work into the Olympic National Park schedule!





 


LeRoy and Vi

Location: Olympic National Park, 3002 Mt Angeles Rd, Port Angeles, WA 98362, USA

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