Monday, June 09, 2025

Dosewallips State Park, Washington, Camping Day 1

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

Shelton WA  - Images

Shelton WA  - Information

Hood Canal, Fjord, WA

Lake Cushman, WA

Skokomish Twana Native Americans

Skokomish River, WA, Images

Potlach State Park

Hoodsport WA

Liliwalup

Hamma Hamma

Duckabuch

Brinnon WA

Dosewallips State Park WA  39 miles north to Port Townsend

Dosewallips SP Images  13 miles north to Quilcene

Dosewallips SP Campground

Dosewallips River Images

Dosewallips Oyster and Clam Harvesting

Quilcene

Dabob Bay

Port Townsend  215 miles south to Vancouver

Four Days at Grayland: Extensive Travel GuidesYurt 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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