Hood Canal: Adventure I, Day 2
Day 2
Breakfast at Halfway House. Drove up Dosewallips Canyon Road. Drove up to Lake Cushman from Hoodsport. Stopped at Hoodsport for coffee, supermarket, and at Hamma Hamma for book, shrimp cocktail, salt. Hiked around campground. Dinner at Halfway House: Captain's Fish Dinner. Campfire till rain puts it out.
Here are some of my photographs from the area:
I will be posting my comments and notes, as well as my own photographs to this blog after May 9th. Internet reception varies in these mountainous locations.
Settled into my yurt at Dosewallips State Park, Brinnon, Washington.
Photos below are from the Internet.
Walked around the State Park with my Day Pack. I place my Sling Bag inside my Day Pack. Used my old long staff as well as my cane. Cool.
Weather: Low of 34F, and high of 47F. Cloudy and 50% chance of rain. Winds light at 6 mph.
Vancouver WA 110 miles north to Olympia
Olympia WA 23 miles north to Shelton
Shelton WA 41 miles north to Brinnon
Skokomish Twana Native Americans
Dosewallips State Park WA 39 miles north to Port Townsend
Dosewallips SP Images 13 miles north to Quilcene
Dosewallips Oyster and Clam Harvesting
Port Townsend 215 miles south to Vancouver
Four Days at Grayland: Extensive Travel Guides, Yurt Camping notes, local cities and villages, reports, commentary, Yurt Camping Information, Native American Information. Yurt camping on the coast in Oregon and Washington.
Tai Chi Chuan at the Beach: Please join Michael P. Garofalo for a Taijiquan Meetup/Gathering/Retreat at Dosewallips State Park, 7 am, Yurt C. I hang a kite on my Yurt that is shaped like a Salmon Fish. Campfire chats and a little practice sharing.
The best book I used to study general travel options for the Hood Canal
for my trip in May 2024 was:
Olympic Peninsula with Olympic National Park. By Jeff Burlingame.
Moon, 5th Edition, 2024.
Skokomish Twana Native Americans
Four Days in Grayland Camping at the Beach
Yurt Camping in the Coastal Pacific Northwest by Michael P. Garofalo.
Books I have found useful in my study of the Native American People of Olympic National Park (fournded in 1938) include:
Olympic Peninsula with Olympic National Park. By Jeff Burlingame. Moon, 5th Edition, 2024.
Images of America: Hood Canal. By Michael Fredson. Arcadia, 2007.
Native Peoples of the Olympic Peninsula|: Who We Are. By the Olympic Prninsula Intertribal Cultural Advisory Committee. University of Oklahoma Press, 2015. This book covers S'Kallam, Skokomish Twana, Sqaxin, Quinault, Hoh, Quileute, and Makah Native Americans in the area.
The Olympic Peninsula. By Ericka Chickowski. Moon, 2009.
Longstreet Highroad Guide to the Pacific Northwest. By Allan and Elizabeth May. Longstreet, 2000.
Tai Chi Chuan at the Beach: Please join Michael P. Garofalo for a Taijiquan Meetup/Gathering/Retreat at Dosewallips State Park, 6 pm, Yurt C. I hang a kite on my Yurt that is shaped like a Salmon Fish.
Four Days at Grayland: Extensive Travel Guides, Yurt Camping notes, local cities and villages, reports, commentary, Yurt Camping Information, Native American Information. Yurt camping on the coast in Oregon and Washington.
Images from the Internet
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