Hood Canal: Adventure II, Day 1 Yurt Camping
Dosewallips State Park, Washington
Day 1 June 9, 2025
Temperatures: Low of 50 High of 80, Clear Skies.
I will be Yurt Camping at Dosewallips State Park on the Hood Canal near the village of Brinnon, Washington.
Today, I will drive USA Interstate 5 from Vancouver, WA to the junction with US Highway 101 at O;ympia.
Olympia to Shelton, 101, WA
Highway 101 reaches the Hood Canal at the Skokomish River
Shelton to Hoodsport, 101, WA
Hoodsport to Brinnon, 101, WA
I will focus on local travel in four days along the Hood Canal Potlach to Quilcene along Highway 101, Olympic Peninsusla, Washington.
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.
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.
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.
Images from the Internet
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