From Hurricane Ridge we drove on, around the Strait and down into the peninsula, to the Sol Duc area, a hot springs and rain forest central. There we spent a couple days and nights, resting and then doing the hike to Sol Duc Falls.
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Camping among the big trees; mostly Douglas Fir and Sitka Spruce |
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Trail to Sol Duc Falls |
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Angel Wings fungi |
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Angels with dirty faces? |
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A nice morel pokes through; well, I think it was a morel; maybe I should stick
to Safeway's produce selections... |
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Rain forest |
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We poked all around the Park and peninsula and rain forest for a week and never
saw a drop of rain... |
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Sol Duc River |
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In a day or two, we'd be visiting Forks, WA, ground zero for Mormon Vampirism;
here, Vicki is reviewing Twilight or one of its sequels |
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Back on the trail; note interesting change in spelling... |
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Dry creek |
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Cleft downstream from the falls |
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Sole Duck Falls |
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Certainly among the top 1,000 we've seen recently |
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More scary mushrooms |
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