Tuesday, June 30. We began the day visiting La Push which is part of the Quileute Indian Reservation and Rialto Beach which is in the northern side of the Sol Duc River.
Huge tree trunks at Rialto Beach.
Signs warn swimmers that floating logs are always dangerous and deadly.
From the Pacific Ocean, we traveled inland and hiked to the waterfall at Sol Duc. Below is what happens when the photographer, me, is not paying attention. I was so concerned I was in someone's way that I failed to readjust the exposure settings. Compounding and already high contrast environment, I "blew out" the whites in the image. Once gone, all the photo editing software on the planet cannot get them back.
Sol Duc waterfall and poor camera exposure settings. A lesson to be learned!
If you are reading these posts chronologically, you will recall our visit to Hurricane Ridge was overcast with light rain. So, back to Port Angeles and up the mountain we went. The goal was sunset on "the Ridge."
Fog forming on Puget Sound. Canada in the distance.
With no internet, my calculations on the position of the sun at sunset were off. Nevertheless, beauty abounded.
Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park.
As the sun was setting, the moon was rising in the east.
Moon rise at Hurricane Ridge.
The drive down the mountain in almost complete darkness definitely held our attention.