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...the Olympic Peninsula
The shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca from the Dungeness Loop Scenic Byway
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The shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca from the Dungeness Loop Scenic Byway
Along the Dungeness Spit, part of the Dungeness Natl Wildlife Refuge
Along the Dungeness Spit, part of the Dungeness Natl Wildlife Refuge
Rialto Beach, north of Forks
Once-mighty trees that have succumbed to the force of the ocean waters collect on Rialto Beach.
Rialto Beach, north of Forks
In the Hoh Rain Forest
In the Hoh Rain Forest
In the Hoh Rain Forest
The next few pictures were taken inside the OP's Hoh Rain Forest. It's probably one of the eeriest places I've ever been.
In the Hoh Rain Forest
In the Hoh Rain Forest
This is the same fallen Sitka spruce tree that was pictured on Page 2. At a length of 190 feet, it's only a portion of the length of the tree before it fell.
Ruby Beach
Ruby Beach, on the peninsula's southwest side, with its sea stacks and strewn timber
Ruby Beach
frost on Hurricane Ridge
Frost covers the ground on an early morning on the OP's Hurricane Ridge. A 17-mile road leads up to the top of the ridge for stunning views of Mt. Olympus and its range of snow-capped mountains.
On Hurricane Ridge
Hurricane Ridge Road
On the Cape Flattery Trail
Taken along a 1/2-mile trail that leads out to Cape Flattery, in the OP's most northwesterly corner.
Crescent Bay
Crescent Bay is on the OP's north shore.
Hurricane Ridge
On Hurricane Ridge
Lake Crescent Lodge
One of the most peaceful places on the whole Olympic Peninsula must be Lake Crescent and its lodge by the same name that sits on its south shore.
Lake Crescent Lodge
sunset on an OP backroad
I stopped along the road on the way from Rialto Beach to get a picture of the sunset as it filtered through the trees.
sunset on Rialto Beach road

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