Dates: May 24th, 2019 to May 27th, 2019
Years ago, a friend and I took a trip to Seattle and while looking through the Seattle Library downtown, saw a guide of the Olympics National Park. We decided to hop a ferry and rent a car on Bainbridge and drive out. We spent the day driving around the peninsula, doing a little bit of hiking, finding a quiet and private beach on the Pacific. Anyway, that friend and I started dating and now we’re married and living in Seattle, so we wanted to go back. We went over Memorial Day weekend with our friends Vanessa and Manny.
We stopped in Port Townsend and had a pretty decent breakfast at Hudson Point Café. No real gripes here other than locations on the water tend to be very nice for seafood lovers and not great for vegetarians.
A few places that are worth checking out in this giant park:
Sol Duc has some great hot springs. Natural springs do have a smell and these were a little crowded, so your mileage may vary.
Kalaloch Campground is where we stayed and is great and right by the water. Being close to the water means it’ll be considerable cooler (this was May, but even when we visited in August the temperature dropped precipitously when we got to the coast).
Lake Quinault has a great lodge there and we’d love to stay there eventually.
Hall of Mosses is a good, easy-ish hike that gives you a good feel for what this park has to feature.
Ruby Beach and Beach #2 are beautiful, serene views of the Pacific.
But really, it’s a great park. Hard not just to be in love with whatever you see.
Ruby Beach and Beach #2