Washington State Trip
Day 1: Left S.F at 8:30am with some financial assistance from Jane and Bob. 500 miles,
2 pee breaks, and I am in enchanted
Honey Man State Park, site 40, Oregon.
Day 2: Drove a windy, wet, and wind-ey way up the 101 to Washington. Landed at Duckabush National Forest Campground, a forbidden forest.
Day 3: Met up with a friend in Port Townsend, I met her on the JMT last summer. Camped with her at
Heart O' (yes 'O'') the Hills campground.
Day hiked along Hurricane Ridge
in the high Alpine area of the Olympics.
Day 4: Hiked along the Elwha river to Mary's camp, 9.5 miles in.
Day 5: Hiked out from Elwha and camped at Bogachiel State Park. Got a shower!
Day 6: Hiked from 3rd beach trailhead to Scott Creek on the coast. 6 ropes to ascend and repel while making my way from beach to bluffs, 4.4 miles.
Scale Reference: Log was about 20', entire bluff about 50'
(to left)
Day 7: Hiked out with the tide from Scott Creek. Left my camp at 11am which gave me some time to work on some drawings.
I had to wait for the tide to go out in order to cut around a cliff, that or pull myself vertically up a rope on the cliff, so I waited. Exhausted and enjoying an 'Inversion IPA' at Hoh's River camp, a luscious meadow campground along a huge river.
Day 8: Woke up a did a little hike along the Hoh, then drove and drove and drove to Sunny Valley, OR, where I found an R.V park that has campsites. No amenities!
Day 9: Drove all day to get to Lagunitas Brewery to see my friends from Humboldt and a local bluegrass band playing, known as Compost Mountain.
Day 10: Had breakfast at Wishbone in Petaluma before driving back to S.F. Car wash, car vacuum, car drop off and walked back home. Picked up some fresh greens from Sunset Super, kale, cilantro, lettuce, snap peas, and scallions were all desperately lacking while on the road.
