Olympic
Peninsula
August 11-22, 2011
Some images from our
vacation trip to Washington.
Purple lines trace our journey;
red dots are where we stayed.
| The Olympic Peninsula August 11-22, 2011 Some images from our vacation trip to Washington. Purple lines trace our journey; red dots are where we stayed. |
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 Clearing
fog, Sequim
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 Foggy
mooring, Sequim
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 Purple
Haze lavender farm, Sequim
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 Lazy
day crabbing in Port Angeles
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 Port Angeles paper mill |
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| Low and high tide, Salt Creek Park near Port Angeles | ||
 Mature
trees along path to Sol Duc Falls
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 Sol
Duc Falls
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| A few miles south of Port Angeles is the "drive-in mountain" Hurricane Ridge. The scenery and wildlife change dramatically from the coast. | ||
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| Rialto Beach, just north of the Quillayute River near the village of La Push, was the visual highlight of our trip. | ||
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| Sunset at Rialto Beach |
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| Other beaches show their beauty during the day or when enveloped in coastal fog. | ||
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Morning at Ruby Beach near the Hoh River on the Pacific coast. A few hours later the coastal fog rolled in.  |
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| These Pacific beaches are strewn with driftwood, with logs 6 feet or more in diameter. | ||
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 Bald Eagle at Ruby Beach
People seem
compelled to pile up the smooth flat stones.
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 Hobuck
Beach near Neah Bay
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 Fishing
Boats, Neah Bay
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 Neah Bay Harbor |
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 Sailboat
Masts
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 Superstructure
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 Port Townsend Boat Haven |
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 Kayaks,
Floats and Madrone Tree, Lake Crescent
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| The Hoh Rainforest, one of the few temperate rainforests in the U.S. | ||
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 Scenes from the Hoh Rainforest |
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 Harvesting straw in Sequim Historic
area of Poulsbo
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| Mt. Baker | Mt Ranier | |
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The
photos and maps of the trip are available in a book. Click on the image of the book cover to go to the Blurb site. © 2011 Tom Judd
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