Another day, another 200 miles or so

Yesterday afternoon was a nice drive up coast of Washington (although most of it was inland). Entered the Olympic National Forest and Park.

Last night I did make it to the Hoh Rainforest. Lots of lichen, moss, and fungi.

I went to a campfire talk on fungi, and it was lead by a fungal. She had group participation acts, with people playing the role of trees and fungus. It was a big hit, and people learned a lot.

I didn’t get to see any elk, but heard of one that wandered through our campground. I do have a nice shot of the Hoh River and its great glacial till induced steel blue color (the glaciers grind the rocks into powder as they pass over, and when the ice melts at the end of the glacier, the powder enters the runoff).

I’m now in Port Angeles, and will be taking a ferry to Seattle to see Bob and Etsuko in a few hours

One twelve mile stretch where the speed limit was 35 I was able to get 48 MPG in my little car. Oh, if only we could all drive so slow.