More on the Olympic Peninsula trip

Here we are standing on the little deck built by the Makah Tribe overlooking the Northwestern most point in the contiguous United States. To Ann's right is the Pacific Ocean. To my left is the Strait of Juan de Fuca and the entrance to Puget Sound. Behind us is Tatoosh island - a section of land the broke off of where we were standing a long time ago. There is a sign that makes mention of the numerous caves carved into the limestone below where we were standing and about how when the waves crash into them you can feel the ground move. Sure enough we felt this phenomenon and felt a little uneasy too.

 Here is the view a few feet to Ann's right looking over the railing. This was well worth the trip to see.

Our trip to the Olympic National Park and Cape Flattery

The day after Thanksgiving, we drove over to the the Olympic Peninsula. We had hoped to visit Hurricane Ridge; but the road was closed due to snow. We had dinner at Pacific Pizza in Forks. It was outstanding food and we would go back again. As you may have heard, there are Twilight references everywhere in Forks. We stayed the night at a B&B called the Hoh Humm Ranch 20 miles south of Forks. The name comes from the facts that they are next to the Hoh river and they keep Llamas. Llama mothers hum to their offspring. Kinda cute huh?
The very next morning we set off for Ruby Beach which gets it's name from the garnet in the sand - very picturesque.

Here you see the Duncan Cedar tree. There was a sign on Highway 101 that lured us to go see what it was all about. It was about four miles off the highway and well worth the side trip. Turns out this is the oldest living Western Red Cedar tree in the world. 178' tall and 19 1/2' diameter - and it is still alive. It was amazing.

Our next stop was the Hoh Rain Forrest some 18 miles off the road. It was so cool - both literally and figuratively. There are two trails one with moss and lichens galore the other with gigantic Sitka Spruce trees and other cool stuff too.

Crocket's Blockhouse

We checked out Ebey's Reserve on Whidbey Island and found Crocket's blockhouse. It was built in the year 1857. Colonel Crocket participated in the War of 1812 and served in the Virginia Legislature.

Narada Falls

We hiked down to the falls, a short hike and it was gorgeous!

This was Mt. Rainier yesterday.  It was overcast down below in the city but as we went up the mountain above the clouds the view was wonderful.  It was the first of our Americana adventures.

And here is the Mercedes 240D on the Edmonds, Washington waterfront sporting new painted center caps and 1" spacers on the wheels

Here we are on the way to Oak Harbor on Wednesday. We just had to stop and enjoy the view of this wonderful place.

This is from the Family Reunion. Pretty cool huh?

And here we were where the Lewis & Clark trail is marked.

Here is a photo of Ann in San Francisco just a few months back. She loves hearts! And has a collection of them too.

Here is another from the same trip to Bourbon Street

Here is a great photo of Ann on Bourbon Street in New Orleans taken just a few years ago. Pretty cool huh?

Our first post

So here we have the first written installment of our adventures blog.