The Olympic National Park and Port Angeles - June 25, 2014

Today we entered the Olympic National Park again and drove up, up, up to Hurricane Ridge. It is just 17 miles out of Port Angeles. We are getting a lot of use out of our America The Beautiful Access pass. You can't beat 'free' admission to all the National Parks. This trip finishes all three NPs in Washington State.

We entered and headed up the well maintained roads.

We stopped along the way to see the views. We were heading up to 5,242 feet in elevation.

As we wound around the mountains, the forests changed from thick  to meadows. On the north facing side, there were trees covered in lichens and moss.

We saw a few black tailed deer along the way. They sure were not afraid of people.

We spent a bit of time in the visitor center at the top and Donna got our passport stamped.

I told Donna to watch out for the big cat. They are dangerous!

She didn't listen. She likes cats.

Then we went outside and marveled in the views. It was awesome. Surrounded by the Olympic mountain range. Here are a bunch of pictures. Of course you can't beat the view in person.

Then we headed back down the mountains to goof around in Port Angeles. We walked around the Port Angeles harbor. We strolled along Hollywood Beach and Waterfront Trail snapping pictures of anything interesting.

Here are a couple of cool shots.

This is a couple of murals outside the Feiro Marine Life Center.

We spent time watching the ships moving along the harbor.

Since we were close by the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge and recreation areas, we got a hankerin' for some lunch.

Guess where we went and what we had.

Yup!

:)