Both Port Angeles and neighbouring Sequim have a number of very friendly, happy people. So much so that it took me by surprise. They generally go out of their way to be warm and talkative and they do so with much sincerity. Here's a few particular examples:
The first day we went to a bike trail area and there was a closed, but not locked, gate at the entrance. We thought since it wasn't locked that it was OK to enter, so we biked around for a while. As we were about to go a fellow in his truck appeared and asked us about the gate--it turns out that it is supposed to be locked and people shouldn't be there without an authorized person on site. However, instead of being annoyed with us, he told us it was not a problem and proceeded to tell us about other trails we could ride, good places to camp, and invited us to come out to when groups were planning to be there so we could ride more and getting shuttled to the top of the trails. We did join them for one afternoon and it was loads of fun! All of the riders who also came were equally as nice to us.
I went for a hike in the Dungeness area while Luke biked a more advanced trail (which he said was likely the best trail he's ever ridden!). The area is amazing! Anyway, as I was waiting for Luke to return I met a retired gold miner and he told me all about his experiences in Northern California and Northern BC. I had lots of questions for him and he seemed really happy to talk about it. Luke has been interested in gold mining so it was particularly nice to hear about it first hand. Perhaps that will be our next career move :)
We camped in a beautiful campground in an area of rain forest on the northwest part of the Peninsula. We arrived later in the evening so there weren't a lot of spots left and the place we chose was by some very drunk, loud, disrespectful 20 somethings. So the campground host approached us and offered to show us a different spot farther away from that area--it was a day use area that normally isn't for camping but she let us use it and we got to pitch our tent on a mini-beach by the river.
There's also a fantastic coffee house in Sequim called Allegro (which is where we are at right now). Great drinks and beautiful atmosphere.
Today we went to Mt.Muller. Luke rode the trail while I hiked again (this trail climbs 2000 feet in the first 5 km...I'm getting better at climbing but I'm not quite at that level yet). I hiked the climb then hiked the end part of the loop through more rainforest. Here's some photos from there, and an area just down the street called Crescent Lake:
Huge Tree right beside a swim area at Crescent Lake
View from bottom branch of tree
Me climbing the tree, so you can appreciate the scale
Three-leafed clover in the rainforest
Luke at the end of the Mt.Muller trail
We're heading for Seattle tonight!
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