Hoh Rain Forest Olympic National Park

Friday, July 13, Northwestern Washington State

Today Sam and I headed out of Seattle towards Olympic National Park. Olympic National Park is one of the few remaining Old Growth Forest left in Northwest. The drive took us about two hours and it rained most of the way, not a promising start to spending a day at a national park. Sam's travel …

De weersvoorspellingen zaten er dit keer niet naast..helaas!!
Toen we van het hotel weggingen was het nog droog, maar dat heeft niet lang geduurd.

Vrijwel de hele weg naar Olympic Park (HOH Rain Forrest) heeft het behoorlijk geregend.Toch hadden we ook nu weer geluk op momenten dat we een pauze inlasten, want dan was het net droog!

For, probably, the first time on this trip, Tim was up and out of the tent before Jess, and he and Eli had the stove going and a cup of hot tea ready to roll by the time Jess and Lily emerged from the tent after their sleep-in. Despite this gargantuan effort and considerable thoughtfulness, he was greeted with; "oh, thanks." A lovely breakfast was …

We were back on highway 101, we had driven almost every mile of this highway starting in southern California, and it was another nice scenic drive up the Olympic Peninsula. We eventually made it to Port Angeles (where you could look over the Strait of Juan de Fuca and see Victoria, Canada), and the Olympic National Park visitors center. We learned …

Our lodge fixed another good breakfast today. This time is was a quiche plus crunchy granola. I really like the breakfasts here. We went to see the Hoh Rain Forest this morning. There are really big trees here. We saw a huge Sitka Spruce tree that is about 550 years old and over 250 feet tall! That's as high as a 25 story building. The rainforest …

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Es waren einmal vor langer, langer Zeit zwei mutige Menschen namens Anja und Joe, die das Land der Vampire und der Werwölfe hinter den sieben Bergen erkunden wollten. …

Today we have no set times and no set agenda other than to explore the Hoh Rain Forest and beaches of the Olympic National Park so we woke up a little later than normal and ate some of the pastries Alison bought us at Pike's Place market. When we finally ventured outside we were able to see the beauty of the landscape that surrounded us : a crystal …

Fahren als erstes in den Olympic National Park, in die Section: Hoh Rain Forest. Dafür müssen wir erst einmal eine 20 Meilen lange Stichstrasse fahren. Vor Ort machen wir einen Kurztrail durch den kalten Regenwald. Beeindruckend ist ein riesiger Ahornbaum, der aussieht, als wenn er sich einen Moosmantel angezogen hat. Fahren durch Forks, …

... 1,000 cooler things in Washington alone.  I'm done writing about them.  Far more interesting is Olympic National Park.  Olympic is three very different worlds in one: a glacier covered alpine environment, a long ocean coast, and ...

... McHeidmanns'; toasted bread with cheese and a fried egg. By 9am we were on the road and out to explore the Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National Park. Our first stop after driving up the road was the Hoh Rain Forest. At this destination we explored the ...

South Beach  Big Cedar Tree Ruby Beach Hoh Rain Forest Klahowya Lake Crescent et Marymere Falls (1,5 miles A-R).   ...

... it is one of the deepest lakes in the state of Washington. Lake Crescent is a popular recreational area in the Olympic National Park. The community of Piedmont is nearby. Lake Crescent is home to a number of trails, including the Spruce Railroad Trail, ...

My friend Wei and I flew into Seattle, then rented a car to visit Olympic National Park, staying at Port Angeles. Curiously, Port Angeles was originally named Los Angeles by Spanish explorer Juan de Fuca, but the name was later anglicized. We visited ...

... so we just enjoyed the coffee.   After  the market, we went back to the hotel to start our journey towards Olympic National Park.   The Park is located on the Washington peninsula and has many different looks/feels in the 1500 square ...

Today we got to Olympic National Park which was Shanna's first choice of parks to spend her summer. We called the main visitors center this morning before we left our hotel and asked about church services in the park. We were surprised when they told us ...

... it was not as pretty, but I did like that it was ranger led.  I had a great day today. Olympic National Park, Day 3 - Hoh Rain Forest This morning we drove south into the park to an area called the Hoh Rain Forest.  We were excited to hike ...

... of staying in this weather at Mount Rainier National Park, we ventured on passing hundreds of orchards to finally reach Olympic National Park. We travelled twenty miles on back roads (15 miles were dirt) into Paradise next to a ...

... a temperate rain forest located in the far North West of the American continent. Our destination was the Hoh Rain Forest on the far western side of the park.  We passed through thick forests and past crystal clear lakes to reach our destination, ...