Temperatures in the fifties and sixties with a breeze off the Pacific. It was good to get a little inland. Less wind. A few degrees warmer. In fact, there is a heat advisory in effect here. It’s going to be 80 degrees, or almost 80 degrees for three days in a row!
I can tell you what we call temperatures like that in South Texas. Morning.
Summer Solstice.
Christie and Andy’s house.
The van fits right in their back driveway.
We can hang out at their house for home base and still retire to sleep in our own bed.
Had a family get together at dinnertime.
Teigan and Elise, Tony, Kyle and Alexis, Christie and Andy. Teigan, Elise, and Tony, all from Colorado, share an apartment together here now. Close by, so it’s easy for this group to congregate.
Quite the surprise. We couldn’t get a spot in a state park, so we booked in a commercial RV Park. To our delight, Port Ludlow RV park is set up like a really good state park, individual sites secluded in the trees. No cordwood camping here.
Crescent Lake along the way.
The trailhead on the Elwah River. Brother Bill and I started one of our backpacking trips across the Olympic Peninsula here, a feeew years back.
A side trip to Fort Worden.
We’re pretty far north now. The sun sets late and twilight lasts forever. Wake up at 5am for nature’s call, and it’s already light. We don’t even get a full 7 hours of darkness at night!. Scrunch the eyes shut and go back to sleep.
Serious Washington coast at La Push on the peninsula.
The river mouth behind the Jetty.
And the welcoming committee of 1.
A young bald eagle.
We’re not tired of shrimp/crab melt sandwiches, halibut, or Rainer cherries from roadside stands either.
Now we’re in Washington.
Another trail to the beach.
This one a little longer.
Not so cold today. Less wind.
Met a guy at a rest stop. He’s touring down the coast from Olympia to Crescent City in his 1955 Triumph TR2. A trip he makes every year.,
A classy ride.
We’re not tired of clam chowder either.
