{"id":998,"date":"2005-08-08T11:20:23","date_gmt":"2005-08-08T18:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/?p=998"},"modified":"2005-08-08T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2005-08-08T18:20:23","slug":"the-olympic-peninsula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dabacon.org\/pontiff\/2005\/08\/08\/the-olympic-peninsula\/","title":{"rendered":"The Olympic Peninsula"},"content":{"rendered":"

This weekend we went to the Olympic Peninsula to go “camping.” The quotes are because we were camping out of a car, which, from my purest days growing up in the mountains doesn’t really count. Camping to me is when you hike somewhere away from a road and camp. BTW.
\nThe first thing we learned on this trip is that if you leave Seattle on the 7:30 ferry to Bainbridge Island and you travel to the northern part of the peninsula, you will not get a campsite in August. And when you’ve looked at three campsites which are all full, you will realize that all the hotel rooms in Port Angeles and Sequim are all sold out. Which leads you to consider such ideas as sleeping in your car. But, no, there is hope! Hope comes in the form of a sign above an RV park “We wecome tenters!” OK, so spending the first night under a billboard for a Shell station, a few feet from 101 is not what I consider camping, but hey, you live and learn, no?
\nOn Saturday we traveled up to Huricane Ridge and went on a short hike. Here is the money shot. If you click on it you get a bigger version (some users may need to move the mouse and click the expand button to get the picture to appear.)
\n From Huricane Hill<\/a>
\nOn the hike up we saw…..a bear?
\nA Bear Ahead?
\nUpon closer inspection and questioning of our depth perseption, this “bear” turned into a marmot:
\nA Marmot
\nApparently this marmot is a separate species known as the Olympic Marmot. We saw three of these fellers on our short hike.
\nHere is a shot of Mt. Baker which makes it look like the mountain is floating in the air:
\nA Floating Mountain?
\nThe second night we found a good camping spot and bummed around the western coast. It is cool to go from alpine meadows to staring at sea creatures within only a few miles.
\nDangerous Sea Creature!
\nYep, it was a good trip. Here is a picture of me cooking bacon. Bacon cooking bacon. Kind of funny?
\nMmmm. Bacon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

This weekend we went to the Olympic Peninsula to go “camping.” The quotes are because we were camping out of a car, which, from my purest days growing up in the mountains doesn’t really count. Camping to me is when you hike somewhere away from a road and camp. BTW. The first thing we learned … <\/p>\n

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