We drove to Twilight-land looking forward to getting out of the Seattle rain and finally seeing the Washington coastline. For those of you hiding under a rock, Twilight is a series of Vampire vs Werewolf books / movies that take place in the Forks / La Push area of Washington. -- No Betsy we didn't go there because of Twilight, but it was fun seeing the places in the movies.
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| Entering Quillette (werewolf) Territory |
We arrived at the La Push Oceanside RV Resort to find our campsite was ocean front on 1st beach and had a beautiful view. As soon as we pulled in the winds started blowing like crazy and the rain was pouring in sideways. We quickly got set-up and hunkered down inside Suni to weather the storm. She was a rockin and a rollin and the slide-out awnings were making quite a racket. We were a little (ok a lot) worried that we were going to be blown away and considered pulling in the slide-outs and hunkering down in the bedroom. Of course the Tsunami Warning signs posted all over the area didn't calm our nerves any. After a couple of hours the winds finally calmed down and we sustained no damage whatsoever! Suni is amazing. We slept soundly listening to the crashing waves.
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| These signs are everywhere! |
The next morning was cloudy, but not raining for the first time in 21 days yipee! We drove through Forks (the home of Bella and Edward) to the Hoh Rainforest. The only temperate rain forest in North America. Dogs were not allowed anywhere in the Olympic National Park or Forest so we left them in the truck, put on our hats, scarves and gloves (thanks Suzanne) and started a 3 mile hike through the forest. It was quite beautiful with moss hanging everywhere. It was great to be active again! We returned to Suni to meet our new friend John for dinner - his treat (thanks John). We actually met John in Issaquah and had a fun night sharing RV horror stories. He is a relatively new full-timer like us and has had a few "incidents" of his own. He was worried about our protection and generously gave us a can of Bear Deterrent spray that will incapacitate man or beast instantly; as John can atest to. We look forward to crossing paths again somewhere along the way.
The Hoh Forest
The next day we checked the tide schedule so that we could see the tide pools at 2nd beach. We hiked 3/4 mi through the forest to get to the log-covered beach and dodged the waves to get to the pools only to find no life whatsoever. It was still a great hike and a gorgeous beach. The weather was rainy and cold so we decided to make the 1 1/2 hour drive to the Makah tribal museum in Neah Bay and Cape Flattery. It was a beautiful drive along the Strait of Juan de Fuca a subducting tectonic plate that Peg has been teaching about forever. We spotted seven bald eagles and pulled to the side of the road to watch them fly, land, screech and hunt. It was very memorable. The brand new Makah museum was filled with artifacts from a 1970 archeological dig of a Makah village covered in a mudslide over 500 years ago. It was a ground-breaking discovery of highly preserved artifacts that brought to light the cultural and ancestrial history of the Makah tribe. Truly fascinating museum and Peg was able to touch everything; whale bones, canoes, bear skins, fish hooks, and baskets. From there we drove to Cape Flattery the most north-western point of the United States. There was a 3/4 mile hike down to the point where the view was breath-taking and worth the 3/4 mile hike uphill back.
Cape Flattery Lighthouse island
Coming soon..... Westport, WA and Cannon Beach, OR
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