The Olympic Peninsula or "I went to Wynootchee and all I got was this stupid blog post".

My friend Wildcat, her dog Herman and I have returned successfully from a mini adventure, and in absence of anything resembling important stuff, here's what you get.

Wildcat and Herman in action

Big, Weird, Wonderful World
Route and highlights:

Bellingham - Home base!
Olympia - Wolf Sanctuary
Forks - Way too much Twilight paraphenalia
La Push - Waves and rain
Sequim - Olympic Game Farm
Port Angeles - Frugal's burgers
Port Townsend -Ferry and porpoises
Bellingham - Back on home.




Wild Cat and I got the super tent set up on the beach at La Push while a light rain passed through, and the sun sank below the waves. The wind was gusting through a keyhole formation in the rock face and making a low, mournful hooting sound. We cooked up a quick dinner of clam chowder and bread on my REI Duallist cookset, then turned in for bed with lukewarm Olympia beers in hand. Several hours, and many hands of Nerts later, we squinted at each other through a haze of entirely legal smoke and resoundingly agreed it was time for a well earned sleep. The super tent served us well, and after a long, warm, dry night we rubbed the sleep and sand from our eyes, and broke camp.

We headed into the finest restaurant in La Push for breakfast. Well, admittedly, it is the ONLY restaurant in La Push for breakfast, and it opens at the late hour of 8am. It also doubles as a souvenir and bait shop, the latter of which may possibly have ended up in hour breakfast. Wildcat and I played a leisurely game of Cribbage over bitter coffee and lukewarm food, enjoying the simplicity of it all. When the concentration of wide-eyed, over enthusiastic patrons ordering "Creamy, delicious Cullen chowder" and "Jacob Black-berry shakes" became too high, we headed back to the Jeep to mosey our way to the Olympic Game Farm.


The Olympic Game Farm is always worth a stop. As you drive through, free roaming bison, yak, deer, elk, and others walk right up to your car window and beg or slobber for bread. You can interact with everything from Grizzly bears to peacocks, with adorable little bunnies sleeping fearlessly outside the wolf enclosure.
As you can tell from the picture, the animals are all well fed and darn right cheerful.

Happy yak approved!

There are even a pair of best friends there, a wolf and a black bear that were raised together from infancy. When the handlers tried separating them into their own enclosures, they were heartbroken and stopped eating. So now they live together in one enclosure, much to our delight and Herman's dismay. Despite being the evolutionary equivalent of a stuffed plushie llama, he growled threats and rude names to the wolf from our window. The wolf paced back and forth with intense eyes and hackles up until his friend the black bear placated him with comforting words. "Come on bro. He's only a pup."

Out of bread and ready for our second high-quality meal of the day, we headed to Frugal's in Port Townsend. Frugal's is a long standing institution in the community of broke and hungry fast food lovers. Tasty, greasy, American goodness with a side of fry sauce, and of course, a couple chocolate shakes to wash it all down.

On the ferry home we consumed what was most likely our 895th cup of coffee in two days, watched the porpoises follow the ferry along, and Wildcat once again showed me how far inferior my Nerts playing skills are. One day, victory shall be mine!

A great time was had by all and we got home dry and ready for our own ever-so-comfy beds. 

Bonus Blog Note!

 Here are some actual names of towns in Washington State:

Wynootchee (it's like derpy Wenatchee!)

Humptulips.

Duckabush.

Tumtum,

(and last but not least)

CLIMAX.

That's all till next time, folks!