Olympic National Park: Part II - Cape Flattery and Hurricane Ridge

Cape Flattery is the northwestern most point in the continental United States. It is located on the Makah Indian Reservation. The trail itself was pretty, but at times difficult to maneuver through as it is not very wide which makes two way traffic near impossible. This trail was busy and finding a place to pull over so that others could pass was not always easy.  (Apparently it was leave your empathy at home day and no one told our family as hiker after hiker made sure they were the ones to clear through the trail first rather than let Sarah go and then they go. I guess she makes being blind look so easy that those on the trail that day could comprehend how difficult it really is to navigate the terrain we were on.  And not everyone was a tool. There were two families that stood out who moved aside so that Sarah could pass through rather than asking us to move aside or turn around as a lot of the trail was a slim boardwalk.)

The Cape Flattery lookouts were beautiful. The water was aqua around the land there and you could see clear down into the depths of the water. The caves carved out by the erosion caused by the wind and waves was really cool too. 

Hurricane Ridge was the place that Bob had wanted to go to on this trip more than any of our other destinations. It is called such as the wind whips through these mountains at 70+ miles per hour sometimes. It was very, very beautiful up in those mountains. It was quiet and you felt like you were in another world. Bob said it reminded him of being in the mountains in New Mexico. Life seems to stand still up there. You get such a feeling of clarity when you are sitting on top of a mountain in the quiet stillness. It was so beautiful.

This view overlooks the Strait of Juan de Fuca which separates the United States from Canada in this part of the country. Any land that you see in the subsequent pictures on the other side of the water is Canada. 

Quintessential Pacific Northwest.