Today we traveled north and then east to the Elwah RV Park near Port Angelas. This is a private campground with full hookups and laundry which we despirately needed after spending 4 nights off grid. We traveled through Forks again and past Lake Crescent, an 11 mile deep glacial lake with crystal blue water surrouded by mountains. We stopped for a while to take photos and take in the beautiful scenery.
We headed back on the road and drove the 1/2 hour to our campground. As Donna was getting out of the car to check in, she realized she didn’t have her wallet. It was in her waist bag that she took off while we were taking pictures at the lake. Since she has an apple air tag in her purse (because she is always forgetting and losing things) we were able to look and see that it was indeed at the lake. We quickly checked in, dropped off our camper and drove the 30 minutes back to the lake. Luckily it was still there.
The next day we decided to take a bike ride on the Olympic Discovery Bike Trail. This trail is a 135 multi use trail that runs from La Push on the west coast to Port Townsend, Washington at the east end of the Olympic Peninsula. We rode about 24 miles to the Ediz Hook Split, in Port Angeles and back. We were able to get on the Olympic Discovery Trail right from the campground.
We followed the Elwah River for a way and it was a beautiful ride. The Elwah River runs mostly thru Olympic National Park. It is famous for one to the worlds largest dam removal and restoration projects This has allowed salmon to return and restored the river’s natural ecosystem. The site of the dam was in walking distance to the RV park. We rode along the river and crossed the river on a cool bike bridge. We then rode our bikes thru tall forests and into the outskirts of Port Angeles and then onto the long spit that ends at the coast guard station. It was a beautiful ride.
We really enjoyed our bike ride and would recommend the Olympic Discovery Trail to others. Tomorrow we hope to head up to Hurricane Ridge in the for a hike.