Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Rialto Beach, looking north. The wildest stretch of coast in the lower 48 states beckons.

Another Washington Coast trip, this time to our cabin on the Bogachiel River. We are a few miles upstream from La Push, not far from Forks. We arrived to find the adjacent property logged - a common site these days in the industrial timberlands that surround the wilds of Olympic National Park. Mostly second and third growth hemlock. It'll grow back quickly, but I am glad our property is surrounded by sizeable spruce, alder, and hemlock.

The Bogachiel River at low flow. Storms will soon bring higher flows - and Steelhead.