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Day 271 – Olympic Loop (Part 2)

Day 271 of a Year Long Road Trip Along America’s Scenic Byways

Mount Walker

We started out the day taking a four mile dirt road up to the Mount Walker Viewpoint.  There is both a north and south viewpoint.  On a clear day, the Seattle area, Mount Rainier (the highest peak in Washington), Hood Canal with one of the longest floating bridges in the world over tidal waters, Mount Baker, and several other peaks in the Olympic Mountains are part of the scenic panorama.  Today, however, fog was the only view.  Mount Walker is home to a handful of caches though, so we picked up a few before bouncing back down to Highway 101.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN!

Day 269 – Olympic Loop

Day 269 of a Year Long Road Trip Along America’s Scenic Byways

Well, my first day on the Olympic Loop Tour was a memorable one, though not in a very good way. VANilla carted us several miles down a gravel road to the Staircase Rapids Nature Trail, a four mile path that follows a cascading Skokomish River.  It turns out, the hike was in the Olympic National Park, where dogs are not allowed on the trails, and this morning I really wanted to include Petey on a walk.  Therefore, we turned around and stopped at Lake Cushman State Park for a trek to the summit of Mount Rose.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN!