Today we did a little exploring. It might not have been the best day for sightseeing because the wind is from the east and Washington and British Columbia are currently enduring many fires east of and in the Cascades. The air is like mud.
We started our journey by driving west from our RV park and running along the shore of Lake Cushman. It is a pretty drive but, like almost everywhere we have been near water, the land is mostly privately owned and lake, Sound, Canal or river public access is very rare. We did spot some small waterfalls along the way and they were both gorgeous and cooling. From the two spots we found where Lake Cushman could be seen, it was probably quite beautiful but, due to the thick haze/smog, only partially visible.
We sort of struck out at Lake Cushman so we headed the other way and went to the west shore of the Hood Canal for a little observation. The Hood Canal right now has the most amazing water color – almost gray-green. Out in the Sound and all the other large bodies of water we have observed in the last two months were all deep blue or black on cloudy days. Hood Canal is different.
We initially headed north up 101 to Liliwaup, this time having light traffic and sufficient time to check out the views. It is a very pretty area. In Liliwaup, we turned around and headed back through Hoodsport to Potlatch where we pulled into Potlatch State Park for some light lunch. Here in the park are many places to stop with magnificent views of the big turn in the Hood Canal where it abruptly changes from a north-south fjord into an east-west fjord.
A trip to the diesel station and a grocery store later, we headed back home to Big Creek RV Park. Nobody has ever arrived to claim the shady spot we wanted to move into yesterday. We also went looking for the park dump station, since we have no direct sewer connection due to management snottiness. We finally found it in a separate campground up the highway but it is a primitive arrangement with a terrible dirt access road. Looks like we will be hauling the poop to Silver Creek tomorrow. These folks have a beautiful park but I think they must be doing something wrong. There are many vacant spaces right in the middle of summer despite all the other parks in the area being at near-capacity.
There’s pix if you click here