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Nature Attractions In Chimacum

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Chimacum Corner Farmstand

Finnriver

Sol Duc Falls

Hurricane Ridge

Second Beach Trail

Crescent Lake

Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge

Olympic National Park

Chimacum is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, Washington, United States, located in the center of the primary agricultural area of the eastern Olympic Peninsula. It was named after the Chimakum group of Indigenous Americans that lived there until the late 19th century but are now extinct as a distinct cultural group after losing successive conflicts with neighboring tribes. The Chimacum Valley remains and maintains an identity as a progressive agricultural area with many small locally owned farmsteads, a full-service farmstand grocer carrying locally produced goods, and a community farmers' market held from June to October each Sunday fr...
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Nature Attractions In Chimacum

1. Crescent Lake Olympic National Park
Lake Crescent Lodge, originally called Singer's Lake Crescent Tavern, is a historic resort situated on the shores of Lake Crescent west of Port Angeles, Washington. Located on the Olympic Peninsula within Olympic National Park, the Lodge is owned by the National Park Service and operated by Aramark. The Lodge resort is open seasonally from early May until the end of January with select cabins available during the winter months. Hiking and boating are popular activities for guests, and several peaks, including Mount Storm King and Pyramid Mountain, are easily accessible from the resort. Other hiking opportunities include Marymere Falls, Spruce Railroad, and Barnes Creek Trails.
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2. Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge Sequim
The Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge is located near the town of Sequim in Clallam County in the U.S. state of Washington, on the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The refuge is composed of 772.52 acres which include Dungeness Spit, Graveyard Spit, and portions of Dungeness Bay and Harbor. Dungeness Spit is one of the world's longest natural sand spits, 6.8 miles long and very narrow. A lighthouse, the New Dungeness Light, built in 1857, is located near the end of the spit. Access to Dungeness Spit is through a Clallam County Park which has hiking trails, picnic areas, and a campground. On January 20, 1915, it was designated as a National Wildlife Refuge by President Woodrow Wilson.
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3. Sol Duc Falls Olympic National Park
The Sol Duc River is a river in the U.S. state of Washington. About 78 miles long, it flows west through the northwest part of the Olympic Peninsula, from the Olympic Mountains of Olympic National Park and Olympic National Forest, then through the broad Sol Duc Valley. Near the Pacific Ocean the Sol Duc River joins the Bogachiel River, forming the Quillayute River, which flows about 4 miles to the Pacific Ocean at La Push. Although the Quillayute River is short, its large tributary rivers—the Sol Duc, Bogachiel, Calawah, and Dickey Rivers—drain the largest watershed of the northern Olympic Peninsula, 629 square miles . The Sol Duc's watershed is the largest of the Quillayute's tributaries, at 219 square miles .The Sol Duc River's main tributaries are its two forks, the North Fork Sol D...
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4. Olympic National Park Olympic National Park
Olympic National Park is an American national park located in the State of Washington, on the Olympic Peninsula. The park has four regions: the Pacific coastline, alpine areas, the west side temperate rainforest and the forests of the drier east side. Within the park there are three distinct ecosystems which are subalpine forest and wildflower meadow, temperate forest, and the rugged Pacific coast.President Theodore Roosevelt originally designated Mount Olympus National Monument on 2 March 1909. The monument was redesignated as a national park by Congress and President Franklin Roosevelt on June 29, 1938. In 1976, Olympic National Park was designated by UNESCO as an International Biosphere Reserve, and in 1981 as a World Heritage Site. In 1988, Congress designated 95 percent of the park as...
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5. Second Beach Trail Olympic National Park
Washington , officially the State of Washington, is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, the state was made out of the western part of the Washington Territory, which was ceded by Britain in 1846 in accordance with the Oregon Treaty in the settlement of the Oregon boundary dispute. It was admitted to the Union as the 42nd state in 1889. Olympia is the state capital; the state's largest city is Seattle. Washington is sometimes referred to as Washington State, to distinguish it from Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, which is often shortened to Washington or just D.C. Washington is the 18th largest state, with an area of 71,362 square miles , and the 13th most populous state, with...
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Bremerton Ferry ⛴ - Seattle Day Trip

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The Seattle–Bremerton ferry is a ferry route across Puget Sound between Seattle and Bremerton, Washington. Since 1951, the route has primarily been operated by the state-run Washington State Ferries system, currently the largest ferry system in the United States. Kitsap Transit also runs passenger-only fast ferries service on the route.

The Seattle–Bremerton ferry route was once known as the Navy Yard route. Before ferry service, the route was served by steamships and steamboats, such as the Inland Flyer. The sternwheeler Bailey Gatzert, once considered one of the most prestigious vessels to operate on Puget Sound and the Columbia River, was converted to an automobile ferry and as such became the first ferry to run on the Seattle-Bremerton route. Another vessel to run on the route was the unique streamlined ferry Kalakala.

From 1986 to 2002, Washington State Ferries operated passenger-only service on the Bremerton route using specialized high-speed boats. After the service was cancelled, Kitsap Transit contracted with private companies to operate a similar service for several years, and later debuted its own service, Kitsap Fast Ferries, on July 10, 2017.
The route from Seattle departs from the Washington State Ferry Terminal on the central Seattle waterfront. Assigned to the route as of July 2017 were the Super-class ferry Kaleetan and Olympic Class ferry Chimacum

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Ocean Crest Resort, Moclips, WA

The mighty Pacific Ocean, viewed from the balcony of room 414 Ocean Crest Resort, Moclips, WA. Video taken on 4-25-2010

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Tour d'Joko:DISASTER at Fort Flagler

The weekend off. Beautiful, unseasonably warm winter weather. A full tank of gas. Where, oh where in the Evergreen State should I go on the next Tour d'Joko?

My last three trips had been to the east, hiking mountain trails (or trying to) in the Cascade Range. I wanted to see something different this time. Different terrain. Different subjects.

As you can see by the map to the right, representing the comfortable driving distance from home (the yellow circle) for a Tour d'Joko day trip (recent tours represented by the orange stars), the next trip should be to west. I was also thinking I wanted to see something cultural, something historic rather than just scenic. Out of the woods and off to historical places.

I was hoping to find perhaps a restored Indian fishing village, or something of the like. There are several sites here on the coast where archaeologists have uncovered Native American sites hundreds, even thousands of years old. The ones I knew of were way over on the other side of the Olympic Peninsula. Driveable, but a bit of a stretch for a one day trip.

An island in the Puget Sound (one of almost 200) caught my eye. Indian Island. Aha! There should be relics of some sort there, right? A quick check of the Washington Trails Association's website, indicated that yes, there is a nature hike on Indian Island. It's short, and you really can't go anywhere else from there on Indian Island as Indian Island is closed. Closed to the white man? No. Closed to anyone. 99% of Indian Island is a military installation. A munitions dump, if I remember correctly. No one allowed in. Damn. A whole island?!? What do the Indians think about this?

No worries, as just adjacent to Indian Island is Marrowstone Island, sparsely populated, reachable by bridge and home to Fort Flagler State Park. Aha! I have a yearly pass that allows me unlimited access to state parks! The next destination had been found and off I went!

The first difficulty I encountered was with my equipment. The flip-out screen on my video camera has finally given up is functionality. It's a bad connection wire. For months now, I've had to angle the screen at just the right spot to get a picture, otherwise, it just would go black. Lately, I've been unable to see the image of myself if I was pointing it at me (which explains some of the weird framing and zooms in recent videos). Now, basically I just have to point it at what I want to record, and guess. I just hope I'm recording what I want to, because I can't see it.

I also can't see if I'm actually recording. There was a point in the video below where things turned for the worse. I had been marching along the old military installation of Fort Flagler, recording beautiful vistas, historic buildings and massive weaponry where I went back to the van to drive over to the other side of the fort.

I started the truck and it immediately died. I started it again, there was a screeching noise and then the horrible sound of metal hitting the pavement beneath my engine. Something large and important had just fallen out of engine compartment. The engine was running but making a really bad continuous sound.

Hopping out, I notice also a big puddle of coolant that had not been there before. Under the engine, I found a spring and a fist-sized wheel looking thing, obviously part of the belt assembly. I later learned this was my tensioner.

The truck was undriveable, and here I was in a state park, 100 hundred miles from home and maybe 20 miles from the nearest decent sized town.

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