Lake Quinault

Olympic National Park | Visiting Lake Quinault

The more I visit the Olympic National Park, the more I consider it one of the forgotten National Parks, especially visiting Lake Quinault during the late winter/early spring. Compared to other popular parks, the Olympic NP is a sprawling, untamed wilderness, barely eeked back from the devouring rainforest every season. Lake Quinault experiences its own…

Backpacking the South Olympic Coast

The Olympic National Park is known for its wilderness and staggering beauty. The park is huge, encompassing much of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington. The South Olympic Coast is just a small portion of the Park. Not many realize, though, that the park is not continuous. One portion of the park contains the Hoh Rainforest,…

Backpacking Gray Wolf to Slide Camp

When heat hits the Pacific Northwest, people flock to the lakes and higher elevations. Most homes do not have air conditioning – nor have they needed it, until recent climate change. That’s why we escaped Bremerton to backpack in the Olympic National Forest at the end of June. We chose the Gray Wolf trail for…

Upper Dungeness Trail | Backpacking Adventure

Over Memorial Day Weekend, we backpacked for the first time on the Upper Dungeness Trail. The trail was absolutely stunning and not overly crowded, making it a great getaway for the weekend. Last weekend, I wrote up a post about exploring the Olympic Penninsula, check it out here. Trail Difficulty Alltrails.com lists the Upper Dungeness…