Camping West Coast 2005 |
September 27
September 27 10:20am
September 27 10:18am Bremerton Ferry I love ferries. It's great that the car is only a few weeks old, and already, it's gone over water, off road, on ice, and crawled over rocks. I don't even have my official license plates yet.  Bremerton Ferry Ferries are a great way to travel. A nice respite from driving. I took the opportunity to change to appropriate hiking shoes and finally clean up the mess due to living in the car. |
September 27 10:21am
September 27 10:20am  Bremerton FerryEmpty seats, a bit Star Trekky in appearance. |
September 27 10:27am | Bremerton Ferry This is not a bad way to live. Leisurely pace. Good coffee robots. Beautiful scenery. Clean air. |
 Bremerton FerryReminds me of the ferry ride accross Italy's Straits of Messina. |
September 27 10:51am 
September 27 10:42am | Bremerton Ferry Oysterman's hat is appropriate attire for the Pacific Northwest. This is also known as the condom hat in non-seaside locales. |
September 27 10:56am 
September 27 11:09am  Bremerton FerryNearing the end, getting back into the car, hoping I find the owner of the BMW with the faulty alarm system that kept going off at every tiny motion of the boat, so I can slap him/her silly. Idiot. |
September 27 1:42pm | Highway 101: lake crescent Checked in with the information center to see which of the various areas of Olympic National Park I wanted to visit. I spent a lot of time chatting up the beautiful raven haired park ranger. She gave me lots of maps. I like to think that it's because she thought I was cute, and she checked out my hiking hardened ass as I walked away. |
 Highway 101: lake crescentToday's agenda is to go see the rain forest. A far far far drive away. |
September 27 1:44pm 
September 27 3:19pm| Olympic National Park: hoh rain forest Even the pay phone is moss covered. |
 Olympic National Park: hoh rain forestEverything is covered in moss. By the end of the day, I may be too. |
September 27 3:29pm 
September 27 3:31pm | Olympic National Park: hoh rain forest Alien looking fungus. |
| Olympic National Park: hoh rain forest Very cooperative weather. Clear sunny skies, warm breezes. Perfect traveling weather. But Dammit! I wanted to see Gorrillas in the mist type rain foresty weather. This is so not a rain forest. |
September 27 3:45pm 
September 27 3:49pm | Olympic National Park: hoh rain forest Why all this sun? |
September 27 3:49pm | Olympic National Park: hoh rain forest Where are those misty foggy rainy scenes that they show in the post cards of this place? |
| Olympic National Park: hoh rain forest Sunny skies, clear air. Muppet trees, and not a speck of rain anywhere. |
September 27 4:14pm 
September 27 4:27pm | Olympic National Park: hoh rain forest Just wrong I tell ya. Is this really the Pacific Northwest? Is it really this sunny and clear in Seattle? What is this rain that everybody keeps telling me about, but I never see? |
| Olympic National Park: hoh rain forest Three hiking trails today. Not a drop of rain in any of them. |
September 27 4:30pm | Highway 101: port angeles Hello Canada over yonder. I bet the Canadians have rain. |
September 27 6:21pm 
September 27 8:15pm | Bainbridge Island Ferry Last ferry back into town. Ferry close to empty and I'm running close to empty too. |
September 27 8:36pm 
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