The Olympic National Park is broken into many regions, the closest to Sequim (one hour) is the Hurricane Ridge area, so we drove over for a day to enjoy the views, see some wildlife, and take a short hike. After passing the Heath O’ the Hills visitor’s center just south of Port Angeles and paying our $15 entrance fee, we came upon the Hurricane Ridge area where there’s another small visitors center, cafeteria, and the start of some short hiking trails. We lucked out (well, not really ~ we had checked the weather) and had great weather with clear views of the various mountain ranges, bodies of water, and Canada.
We took a short combination hike of the Cirque Rim, Big Meadow and High Ridge Trails for about a mile to mile-and-a-half in length to Sunrise Point where we had a 360 degree panoramic view of the area. The meadows were bursting with wildflowers (more on that tomorrow), we saw quite a few deer along the way (some hiding in the brush), and incredible views.
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