Hurricane Ridge Olympic National Park

Today we drove the Olympic Loop around Mt Olympus and the Olympic National Park http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olympic_National_Park. We visited the only temperate zone rain forests in the world and walked a few of the trails. And yes it rained some but not ...

Everybody should go to this spot at least once in their lifetime. And walk Ridge Trail. In winter (snowshoes on, of course) the trees are crystallized, an ice-coated twinkle, diamonds sparkling back the sun. In autumn the air is mellow gold, the grasses ...

... 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 yes ...

... the Mt Townsend Trail (8.4mi r/t). There were great views of the mountains and Puget Sound from up high. Drove on to Hurricane Ridge and hiked around there a bit. We saw some deer while there. Continue on to Ozette on the west coast as ...

We spent our next day at Olympic National Park. We started our day at Hurricane Ridge where we saw beautiful views of meadows, wildflowers, and mountains. We then drove to Sol Duc Hot Springs where we soaked in the hot springs and spent the night at the ...

After a delightful breakfast with Cori we headed to our next campsite, Heart O' the Hills Campground in the Olympic National Park, secured a campsite and had a bite of lunch before driving up to Hurricane Ridge for our first hike.  It was a clear, sunny ...

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 Juna de Fuca, but the name was later anglicized. We visited ...