Calgary Trip

2013 Calgary Trip Day 4 Tuesday August 6

Today's segment of the Calgary trip is between
Astoria, OR and Port Angeles, WA
This segment was planned for a total of 241 miles.

Places Visited Along The Way, Photos, and Notes
Continuing north through Washington flirts with the coast, but is mainly through pine forests. We covered 293 miles today and have arrived in Port Angeles as planned We have ridden 1,116 miles thus far on this trip
Leaving Astoria (A), we headed north across the bridge. The bridge deck is so high that the ramp up to it is a 360 degree circle about a city block in diameter This is high enough for even the tallest sea-going vessel to pass beneath. They are working on the bridge, removing rust and repainting I'm guessing Before they can work, they install a cage of guy wires and netting to protect vehicles from falling stuff. Once across the high end, the bridge continues at a level 15-20 feet above the water In all, the bridge is about four miles long with most of that at this low level At the most northern end, there is more clearance beneath for smaller vessels.
The first town in Washington is Chinook, soon after is Ilwaco I visited the Ilwaco Post Office a few years ago and it has not changed all that much
Did you notice that the planned and actual miles were very different? Well, heading north on US-101 can get you in trouble if you expect it to head north. I blindly headed north and then found myself on a dead-end peninsula We had to turn around and head back, thus adding time and miles to our day Bummer!
Traveling north on US-101 in southern Washington has a lot of little towns Washington, like Oregon does have an abundance of water Now, if we can just get all Southern Californians to move up there...
We stopped in South Bend to get a photo for Pacific County	When I was growing up in Eureka, they used to cut down more trees in good weather so that they could keep the saw mills busy in bad when the woods were inaccessible They were called coal decks of course, the redwood trees were much larger than these pines
A few miles off US-101 is a little town of Quinault "Q" towns are fairly rare and I took the opportunity to get a photo at the Quinault Post Office As a bonus, Quinault is located in the Olympic National Forest
Forks is the town in Washington where the Twilight TV series was filmed. Dissppointly, though, it is pretty much like any other schlocky little town with the exception that paraphernalia, tours, and maps are advertised on nearly every little shop The day was very long. Washington seems to go on forever. Then, within a few tens of miles of Port Angeles (B) we went along the shore of Lake Crescent The road along the shore is almost at water level and is very sinuous with a speed limit of 35 mph Although beautiful, enough already.
Port Angeles (B) We stayed at the Red Lion Hotel Port Angeles and ate in their restaurant the Crabhouse which, surprisingly, had few crab items on the menu. It was good, though. Black Ball Ferry Line