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THE ADVENTURE CREW: Master, The Nomad, Sweet Bird of Freedom (aka Freeta Roam), Pixie & Pod, Miss Cycle, Ivan the writing muse, Jude, and the brains of the crew--Croc. DOUBLE-CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO ENLARGEFriday, September 16, 2005
Northern Washington
After leaving Seattle, The Crew drove north to Edmonds, then took the ferry across the sound to Kingston. We came to a draw bridge & traffic was totally stopped, backedup, not going anywhere for miles. We were on the bridge. People were walking around, talking, trying to find out what was going on. There were rumors of a traffic accident or a submarine passing. Jude took a walk and saw nothing. So she cooked soup for lunch and read a book. After about an hour and a half, traffic started moving. We saw no signs of an accident or submarine.Much later in the day we came to Crescent Lake (pic above). Although the lake is much too big to get the crescent effect in a pic, take our word for it, it is a crescent. And very beautiful, with eagles flying, crisp air, and senic sights galore.
We spend a day at La Push, one of Jude's favorite spots, camped in Forks, and stopped off at Ruby Beach for a day before we wandered on down the road.
The Crew's campsite at Promised Land
Several years ago we camped at a place that was so peaceful and beautiful, we wanted to come back to the same spot every time we wandered through Washington. But alas and alack, we could never discover the camp spot again (Read that as Jude got us lost). This year we vowed diligence and voila! We rediscovered it. Promised Land Campground is about 28 miles north of Aberdeen, WA on Hwy 101. It's primitive, but folks are welcome to stay free up to 5 days per month. Just in case you want to mosey there (and so Jude doesn't get us lost. Again!), the coordinates are: N 47 degrees 15.731' & W 123 degrees 55.314'.
The river at Promised Land is filled with trout, but there is absolutely no fishing or playing in the water, because this place is designated a natural spawning ground. But it is very nice to watch twilight come on while trout sip the river for bugs. The Crew loves camping here.
This is the amount of traffice we ran into on Labor Day while driving through the Rayonier National Forest. The Crew isn't sure if Jude's driving keeps others away or if we are just plain fortunate. Jude insists it is the latter.From Promised Land we wandered to Abeerden and night camped at Camp Wally (read Wal Mart's parking lot.)
The next night we camped at a rest stop. Jude and her sorry pinched nerve didn't get up until 8am the next day.
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