Detour to Cape Flattery
We left Evergreen SKP CO-OP Park outside Chimacum, Washington after a fourteen day stay this morning with full intentions of jumping on Highway 101, driving the North by West route around the Peninsula through the rain forest to the far west coast and then down the coast to Ocean Shores and our next destination, Oceana.
After a brief stop at Cosco in Port Angeles, Washington to pick up some supplies we continued on our journey, knowing that tonight we would be "boondocking" somewhere along our route as we didn't need to check in to Oceana until Thursday.
In looking at the map we had seen that Cape Flattery was only 45 miles out of our planned route, so with both in agreement, when we hit the road that would take us there it was easy to turn the wheel hard right. Cape Flattery is the Northwestern most point of land sticking out in the Pacific Ocean on the Lower 48.
If I haven't said it before I will say it here: The Peninsula of the State of Washington is one of the most beautiful places on our Continent, and perhaps the greenest all 12 months of the year.
The drive on that detour of 45 miles as it wound along leading toward the Cape was spectacular, but the trail one had to walk for over a mile to be able to actually stand on the point and photograph fog so thick you couldn't see left something to be desired. We may have to return on a non foggy day if we want to look out and see Japan.
We had seen a pull-off along side a little mountain lake and decided on our way back to Highway 101 we would use it for our "boondock" overnight if it was still available. The following three pictures are of that setting.
We will continue on what should be a beautiful drive West and then South down along the Coast to Oceana tomorrow. Check out the following show for more pictures of today's travels.
