I apologize for the quality of some of these pictures; I'm still figuring
out how to use a new digital camera I inherited from my generous friend Chris.
Coast
Deserted beach near Mosquito Creek
Sea stacks and tide pools at low tide
This coast was clearly meant to be viewed through mist
Starfish all lined up waiting for the tide
Rain Forest
The Olympic coast and rain forest reminded me a lot of Steward Island in New Zealand:
Yet another darned gully along coastal trail
You could call this a trail if you were feeling generous
Take a good look, you spoiled Kiwis, this is the kind of shelter you get in America... if you're lucky
Hey, check it out, we have fern trees in America, too!
North Fork of Bogachiel River
Rain Shadow
View of Mt Olympus from Obstruction Point
Gray Wolf Valley in afternoon haze
View from Maiden Peak
Alpine ridge of Blue Mtn
What a pleasure to wander off trail in this mossy hemlock forest
Flowers
Meadow in Badger Valley blue: sweetvetch yellow: arnica red: paintbrush white: daisy, bistort
Columbia Lily Lilium columbianum
Pinesap Hypopithys monotropa
Slime mold Fuligo septica?
Olympic Bells Campanula piperi (endemic)
Olympic Aster Aster paucicapitatus (semiendemic) (also found at southern end of Vancouver Island)
