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| Helen crossing the bridge on falls trail. |
Had a very wet start to the day. We planned to visit the Hoh valley rainforest on our way around the Olympic peninsular to Port Angeles. On reaching the turn-off we debated whether to continue on or drive the 30 km up the valley. We decided to take our chances and it turned out to be a good decision. By the time we had reached the Visitor Centre the rain had eased to a light drizzle so we donned our wet-weather gear and set off on the Spruce Nature Trail. After all, you can’t have a rainforest without rain.
It was a really interesting walk. The blankets of moss hanging from the trees were amazing. It was a much more “pure” form of temperate rainforest than what we had seen yesterday. I imagine there would be places in Tasmania with a similar type of forest.
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| Waterfall |
Just before reaching Port Angeles we drove along the shore of Crescent Lake for many kilometres. Even though it was quite a grey day the beauty of this glacial lake was obvious with the steep tree covered mountains surrounding the lake. We hiked to a waterfall part-way up the side of one of the mountains and were rewarded with a very scenic view.Helen shouted me a birthday dinner tonight and we went to a restaurant at the harbour-front called “Downriggers”. Talk about a value plus deal. It turns out they have a Sunday special which consisted of clam chowder, roast turkey with cranberry sauce and vegies, a glass of wine and ice-cream for dessert – all for $13.95!
