Olympic Game Farm

Last week Chad and I spent the most beautiful 5th of July together. We decided to fulfill a Washington-Long-Dream and go to the Olympic Game Farm.

Short story, it will be jumbled and partially wrong, but the Olympic Game Farm is a place where, back in the day, Disney stored, trained and filmed many of its animals and their scenes. Their most famous filming was the Grizzly Adams show. At some point they asked Disney to let them open to the public. There is a driving tour of the grounds, a walking tour and a barn tour. The driving tour is awesome cause they sell you loaves of bread and you can feed the animals who walk right up to your car!

It was great! We had so much fun. Feeding creatures wheat bread. Petting sheeps. Looking at four foot long fish.

 The bears were really smart. They would wave when you waved! Then when you threw the bread at them the were too lazy to bend down... so they would pick it up with their claw and bring it to their mouth.

This chicken came careening out of nowhere! to get a piece of bread!

It was all great fun until a llama tried to crawl into my window. Chad thought that was great, I thought otherwise.

It was a glorious, mellow day. I highly recommend it for people who are already planning on being in Sequim for the day. We had planned to spend a half a day there, but even after we looped part of the drive tour twice and took the barn tour (and petted the sheeps), we only used up 1.5 hours of our day.

So go! Have fun! Feed creatures! And watch out for the buffalo!

Up hill, Down hill, Up hill... LAKE!

What a better way to explore Washington, than to take a hike through one of its most amazing national parks?!

This past Saturday, we did just that. With the help of a few new friends, Chad and I were able to hike up to Silver Lake. Unfortunately, the location details of this hike are a sworn secret, as it is not in any guide book seen so far, but I can tell you we were in Olympic National forest, near Sequim, about 10 miles down a dirt road... past that I was pretty much lost... which I think was the point...

Anyway - we went at the perfect time of year, not too hot, not too cold, and other than once we got to the lake, and being stuck in a cloud... not too wet. Though, at more than one point in the trip we definitely felt a little like Californians... Almost as soon as we got to the lake, a little damp rain cloud decided to sit right on top of us. Chad and I were in typical CA hiking gear - jeans/khakis and long sleeve shirts. At this point though, the point of misty rain, everyone else pulls out -OF NOWHERE- full rain gear, pants, gloves, jackets.... needless to say we were cold... and wet.... but luckily not for long. As soon as we started the journey back, Chad and I were better off than the rest - who had to stop again and de-gear.

The lake was amazing - crystal clear, not too big, surrounded by sitting rocks. We could see fish jumping and misquotes flying... The highlight for me was we went during prime picking season! Along the trail we found ripe currants and blue huckleberries! Just right there! Within arms reach! A dream. Come. True.



The hike was a perfect 4 hours. But I was not about to accept driving 2 hours each way, for only a 4 hour hike! So after a quick cup of coffee in Sequim with the group, Chad and I headed for Port Angeles.

Port Angeles... weird little city/town. Not much to offer, but a bit of shopping and food. There might be more to the place off the beaten path... but the beaten one looks just that... kind of old and a little tired. Luckily, with the help of our GPS, we found a GREAT little, odd, restaurant: Bushwacker Seafood Restaurant. It was good. The help was interesting... and very honest about the shortcomings of certain foods... but all in all good. I would recommend it if you are looking for a simple, decent, great priced, meal.


And that was that, great people, amazing scenery, and good food. Could you ask for a better day? I think not.