The Olympic Peninsula

BigV · 07-15-2006, 01:35 AM

Made the circle route (>500 miles) last week with my Mom, my sister and SonofV. Perfect day, ferry ride, tunes on the radio, majestic mountains, beautiful beaches. Enjoy the ride with us.

Top: Mt Baker from road to Hurricane Ridge. The dark strip with the hill on the left is Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The water below that is the Strait of Juan De Fuca. The town in the "foreground" is Port Angeles, Washington.

Bottom: Hurricane ridge from road to Hurricane Ridge

zippyt · 07-15-2006, 03:05 AM

BeautaMass !!!!

Griff · 07-15-2006, 07:49 AM

Wow, that is nice V.

dar512 · 07-15-2006, 11:56 AM

You're a lucky man, V.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-15-2006, 11:23 PM

That strip between the ocean and the top of the Cascades is beautiful. Olympas gets, what, 150 inches of rain?

Torrere · 07-17-2006, 04:30 PM

Wow.

My Dad and I passed through that area over Spring Break, but Hurricane Ridge was closed when we went through Port Angeles. I have some nice shots from the west side of the Olympic Peninsula, though:

dar512 · 07-17-2006, 04:50 PM

All this beautiful scenery and the Seattle high temp today was 73 and the dewpoint in the low 50s. I'm trying very hard to remember why I left.

BigV · 07-16-2006, 02:43 PM

Some regions get >200" of precipitation. Hence, the term "rainforest". It is sublimely beautiful.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-16-2006, 04:44 PM

Yes, I was shocked to see Spanish moss way up there. I kept looking for 'gators and pythons.

BigV · 07-16-2006, 05:39 PM

I have several pictures I'm in the middle of processing to make them suitable for posting. In the meantime, please enjoy a much more polished panorama from the end of the road than I was able to produce. The picture is ten years old, but it looks much the same. We saw more snow on the peaks than is visible in this shot, but still magnificent.

Hurricane Ridge Panorama courtesy of the National Park Service.

BigV · 08-31-2006, 09:27 AM

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BigV · 08-31-2006, 09:43 AM

This is looking southward from the Ranger Station.

Pangloss62 · 08-31-2006, 12:05 PM

As an employee of the National Park Service, I'm glad you enjoyed your park visits. Times are hard for the NPS these days. We appreciate your support. Oh, by the way, our 90th Anniversary was last Friday.

From the "Organic Act" of August 25, 1916:

The service thus established shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purposes of the said parks, monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.

skysidhe · 08-31-2006, 12:59 PM

Big V THIS is exactly what I was looking for the other day. Pictures of our great pacific northwest They are hard to find online. It is either my dial up or me or a little of both maybe. We are having a beautiful summer here so I was glad for some photos. Even though the photos took forever to load but it was way worth the wait.

Thank You for sharing

[edit- fyi ] Our P.N.W. meaning us who live in this region. The pacific northwest is a huge region spanning from Oregon through Canada , British Columbia.

BigV · 03-21-2007, 04:24 PM

I rediscovered my collection of pictures from this trip. Here are a couple more. this is the view to the northwest from Beach 6. Yep, we have so many beaches that we just number them. Scenery like this is just par for the course. Ho hum, no need to name this beach "Eye popping sunset beach" or anything. Although they did bother to name the island with the lighthouse "Destruction Island". Pretty cool. link one link two

07-15-2006, 01:35 AM	#1
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The Olympic Peninsula Made the circle route (>500 miles) last week with my Mom, my sister and SonofV. Perfect day, ferry ride, tunes on the radio, majestic mountains, beautiful beaches. Enjoy the ride with us. Top: Mt Baker from road to Hurricane Ridge. The dark strip with the hill on the left is Vancouver Island, British Columbia. The water below that is the Strait of Juan De Fuca. The town in the "foreground" is Port Angeles, Washington. Bottom: Hurricane ridge from road to Hurricane Ridge Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-15-2006, 03:05 AM	#2
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	BeautaMass !!!! __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

07-15-2006, 07:49 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Wow, that is nice V. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

07-15-2006, 11:56 AM	#4
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	You're a lucky man, V. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-15-2006, 11:23 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	That strip between the ocean and the top of the Cascades is beautiful. Olympas gets, what, 150 inches of rain? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 07-15-2006 at 11:28 PM.

07-17-2006, 04:30 PM	#6
Torrere a real smartass Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Kirkland, WA Posts: 1,121	Wow. My Dad and I passed through that area over Spring Break, but Hurricane Ridge was closed when we went through Port Angeles. I have some nice shots from the west side of the Olympic Peninsula, though:

07-17-2006, 04:50 PM	#7
dar512 dar512 is now Pete Zicato Join Date: May 2003 Location: Chicago suburb Posts: 4,968	All this beautiful scenery and the Seattle high temp today was 73 and the dewpoint in the low 50s. I'm trying very hard to remember why I left. __________________ "Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain." -- Friedrich Schiller

07-16-2006, 02:43 PM	#8
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Some regions get >200" of precipitation. Hence, the term "rainforest". It is sublimely beautiful. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

07-16-2006, 04:44 PM	#9
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Yes, I was shocked to see Spanish moss way up there. I kept looking for 'gators and pythons. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-16-2006, 05:39 PM	#10
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I have several pictures I'm in the middle of processing to make them suitable for posting. In the meantime, please enjoy a much more polished panorama from the end of the road than I was able to produce. The picture is ten years old, but it looks much the same. We saw more snow on the peaks than is visible in this shot, but still magnificent. Hurricane Ridge Panorama courtesy of the National Park Service. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-31-2006, 09:27 AM	#11
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	A couple of beauties by the side of the road . Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-31-2006, 09:43 AM	#12
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	The view from the top. This is looking southward from the Ranger Station. Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

08-31-2006, 12:05 PM	#13
Pangloss62 Lecturer Join Date: May 2006 Location: Atlanta Posts: 768	NPS As an employee of the National Park Service, I'm glad you enjoyed your park visits. Times are hard for the NPS these days. We appreciate your support. Oh, by the way, our 90th Anniversary was last Friday. From the "Organic Act" of August 25, 1916: The service thus established shall promote and regulate the use of the Federal areas known as national parks, monuments, and reservations hereinafter specified by such means and measures as conform to the fundamental purposes of the said parks, monuments, and reservations, which purpose is to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wildlife therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. __________________ Things are never as good, or bad, as they seem.

08-31-2006, 12:59 PM	#14
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Big V THIS is exactly what I was looking for the other day. Pictures of our great pacific northwest They are hard to find online. It is either my dial up or me or a little of both maybe. We are having a beautiful summer here so I was glad for some photos. Even though the photos took forever to load but it was way worth the wait. Thank You for sharing [edit- fyi ] Our P.N.W. meaning us who live in this region. The pacific northwest is a huge region spanning from Oregon through Canada , British Columbia. Last edited by skysidhe; 08-31-2006 at 06:53 PM.

03-21-2007, 04:24 PM	#15
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I rediscovered my collection of pictures from this trip. Here are a couple more. this is the view to the northwest from Beach 6. Yep, we have so many beaches that we just number them. Scenery like this is just par for the course. Ho hum, no need to name this beach "Eye popping sunset beach" or anything. Although they did bother to name the island with the lighthouse "Destruction Island". Pretty cool. link one link two Attached Images __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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