The Olympic Peninsula and Olympic National Park

We boondocked on the street in front of Gentle House for two nights. Kristen served as a great tour guide both by giving a rundown of where to eat in the area, where to explore in and out of Olympic National Park and joined us on a couple outings. She led us on a tidal pool expedition and joined us at a sweet eatery. While in Port Angeles we explored a waterfall walk, a rainforest, and a drive high in the Park. The weather was socked in with clouds and drizzle so I wanted to drive up to Hurricane Ridge to photograph misty scenes. To my surprise at the top of the road we drove above the clouds so I ended up with misty and clear shots. I’ll include them here.

After our two days at Gentle House we traveled along the Olympic Peninsula toward the Pacific Ocean. We secured a site at a National Park Campground, South Beach. It’s one of the few non-reservable first come first use campgrounds in Olympic National Park. While there we explored two locations, Hoh Rainforest and Quinault Rainforest. Hoh Rainforest was very crowded and they meter entry into that section of the Park, but we arrived aearly enough not to have to wait. It was a great place to explore, but I guess it was so crowded due to the Twilight series that was filmed there.