Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Free Day at the Park

It's Veterans Day and the entry fee was waived at Olympic National Park so we took a drive to Port Angeles and out Hurricane Ridge. Weather was unpleasantly cold and windy, and despite a cloudless sky heavy haze detracted from the views. Park policy for dogs is they can go, leashed, anywhere cars can go, which is to say they can walk on the road. Oh well, it was 26 degrees, colder yet with wind chill, and we didn't have winter clothes so hiking the ridges wasn't at the top of our to-do list.


Looking towards the Dungeness Spit and Canada
Ridge tops in the Olympics
Mt Olympus from the visitors center
Mt Olympus to the right of the glacier
Model showing rugged Olympic topography
(Headless) Blue Grouse 
Raven




Tractor

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