Olympic National Park – holy cow! What a fun and beautiful place. My lovely bride and I visited two of the three ecosystems: the Mountains and the Pacific Ocean.
We arrived at the road to Hurricane Ridge in the late afternoon, and the skies were less than cooperative. The scenery going up to the Ridge, however, was spectacular.
We hit the roadside flowers seemingly at their peak. This is one of my favorite images.
We saw several Black Tail Deer. This buck was on the hillside above the road. One has to wonder what happened to his antlers.
Our obligatory self portrait at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor’s Center. More wild flowers in the meadow behind us!
And my feeble attempt at a panorama. Despite my poor attempt to capture it, the view was gorgeous!
We tried to visit the Hoh Rain Forest, but construction caused us to save it for another trip. We drove down the Pacific Coast instead.
This is the view from the Kalaloch Lodge dining patio. Great lunch there and the cabins looked interesting. During our trip planning, we tried to get a room there but they were full. Oh well…
This is a view from US 101.
We stopped at Beach 1 and walked down to the shore. We saw a pod of whales apparently feeding off shore – lots of fins, backs, and blows. Here’s our selfie watching whales.
The view up the shore line. It goes on for a long time…
There you have it – fun at Olympic National Park. The whale pictures weren’t very exciting, so I hope you like the scenery shots.
Enjoy – PHOTOROGR
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