Olympic National Park - mountains, rainforest, and 75 miles of wilderness beach

The Hideaway Room

Barkley House, Vancouver

subterranean, weird

diurnal fridge micturition

Sue's candy bag

Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park

penne w/ peppers and red onions

we've never washed a car.  ever.

Grand Ridge trail

Elk Mountain summit

Hurricane Hill

Red Racer IPA

 Central City Brewing, Surrey BC

chicken soup

pesky, over-tame black-tailed deer

descending Mt Angeles

Kluhane Ridge

a mountain goat gored a hiker last year

bulky, malevolent

the Quinault Valley rainforest protects some of the largest tress in the world

red cedars

and the largest Sitka Spruce

this fell two weeks ago but no one heard it

 until then, the biggest Western Red Cedar 

 some golden chanties hid under the wreckage

beard: 52 days

Dungeness Spit

5.5 miles, one of the longest natural sand spits in the world

giant logs and hideous kelp flies

 the scale of the driftwood is almost unimaginable

 sea stacks and tidepools

Second Beach

fantastic mussel beds

Rialto Beach

Mora

South Beach

crappy REI tent stakes vs awesome bomber replacements

6 miles of surf, no people

Prince Rupert to Ucluelet

Inland Passage from Prince Rupert to Port Hardy, Vancouver Island

welcome bed at midnight after a 16 hour boat ride

low fat, spreadable, sub-atomic

The Scarlet Ibis offers coffee and the only internet on Cape Scott, far northwest corner of Vancouver Island

hike in to San Josef Bay needed some gear

path was clear enough

wolves seemed like a long shot...

but the slugs were everywhere

temperate rainforest in British Columbia has been reduced by 70%

a young one hit the duff at 800 + years

                            

but there are still a few pet trees here and there

San Josef Bay,  perfectly isolated

with sea stacks

big jellies

and endless space to camp

 

logs to put your drinks down

 wilderness first aid

truly sad to leave

our car on June 20

current affairs

market in Coombs, goats live on the roof

Sue contemplates chocolate goats' milk

 Canadians are thought to be apologetic

spooky beaches, Pacific Rim National Park

lots of fog and rocky headlands

Sue negotiates descent to the tide pools

logging detritus lines the shores without a break from Vancouver to Juneau

the park has 70 miles of remote beaches

and enticing, icy, water

 popped off a wet rock

this star had a mussel in his grasp

drinks on Big Beach, Ucluelet, Vancouver Island