Olympic Peninsula

We took the ferry from Victoria B.C. to Port Angeles yesterday, and have decided to ride out the Labor Day weekend crowds in Olympic National Park. There's plenty here to see, with many hikes to make through the rain forest and on the beaches. We spent most of the day hiking to Third Beach, where I found a freshly-beached salmon. Rather than cooking it and eating it on the spot, we decided to head on out to the River's Edge Cafe, in the little village of La Push, on the Quileute Reservation, where they serve salmon straight from the ocean. But the real winner, in my opinion, was the fresh blackberry pie. Had to go back again later for another piece!

I would have liked to have returned to Vancouver for another round of city life, and to see more things there, such as the museum of anthropology. But, with prices for everything so high, I had to, as the Canadians say, "Give my head a shake", and head back to the land of relatively cheap gasoline.

A news item in the local paper: "The town of Neah Bay has 1 1/2 days' water supply remaining." Neah Bay is situated on the northwest corner of the peninsula, and the river that serves as its water supply has nearly dried up because of the drought. Strange, here in the land of rain forests, to hear about waater shortages. But the same problem is shared by the little town of Tofino, on Vancouver Island.