“Every time we walk along a beach some ancient urge disturbs us so that we find ourselves shedding shoes and garments or scavenging among seaweed and whitened timbers like the homesick refuges of a long war.” — Loren Eiseley Continue reading Olympic National Park – Part 2: Pacific Coast Beaches
My “perfect day” begins in the mountains and ends on the coast, or vice versa. That dreamy combination awaits us on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula. We’ve set aside a week to explore the area, although I imagine that even a lifetime of wandering this region would not allow for seeing all of the amazing natural wonders here. Continue reading Olympic National Park – Part 1: Quinault & Hoh Rainforests
Don’t come here, you’ll be disappointed. SAID NO ONE EVER. Well, except for that one guy maybe. Continue reading Cape Disappointment State Park,Washington
We are floating, floating on windy roads, the thick forest obscured by a smoky fog. Trees grow taller and taller. It is morning, and darkly beautiful, in stark contrast to our morning stop in the sunny Yakima Valley for the best fruit we’ve ever had, purchased at a roadside stand fresh from the grower. Continue reading Mt. Rainier National Park (1st visit) – Ohanapecosh Region
Westward We Wander 