Odd, but we'd never really spent much time there, unless you count the Grays Harbor and Ocean Shores areas. For camping, as opposed to overnighting on trips, we generally like to stay in state and NFS campgrounds. I'd actually checked over the last couple of years finding that there wasn't really much for our 36 foot motorhome in those places on the Peninsula. So, I guess maybe it wasn't that odd that we hadn't been there. Anyway, we finally broke down and picked out some private resorts instead of campgrounds.
This coincided nicely with Micaela's desire to take a couple of friends to Forks, WA. Forks as in the home of the Twilight series of books and movies. Didn't do much for me, but what the heck...
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| Third trip to "Twilight" town this summer. My manhood finally crushed. |
We spent many evenings in Port Angeles, on the Straight of Juan De Fuca. We were able to find a bowling alley that was actually reasonably priced, and had a couple of nights of fun there. Port Angeles afforded us the opportunity to enter Olympic National Park, and head up to Hurricane Ridge. Once again another place that we had never been. It was quite nice. The area is a ridge in the park featuring alpine meadows and incredible views including the Olympic Mountains, Straight of Juan De Fuca, and Vancouver Island. Also the home of some of the tamest deer around.
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| Looking southwest from above Hurricane Ridge |
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| North from above Hurricane Ridge. Straight of Juan De Fuca and Vancouver Island in the distance. Yes, that's snow on the ground in mid July... |
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| Told you they were pretty tame. |
The campground in La Push was in a very nice location and had great hook-ups, but was a little different. it was right on the water, with a great beach. The kids had a great time collecting polished glass from the beach. Next time we'll need to bring fishing gear to catch some of the surf perch that were being landed.
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| Colton and Dad on the beach. |
However, there were quite a few people and dogs just wandering around through the RV park. Just different... Stay tuned.
