Olympic National Park is HUGE. It covers a large chunk of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, and has snow-capped mountains, Pacific beaches, rainforest, rivers, with little road access except from the edges. We have been to Hurricane Ridge, a popular spot that leads to many mountainous hikes and even more mountain views, Lake Crescent to Marymere Falls, the Hoh Rainforest, Sol Duc Falls, and Staircase, a section of the park that takes you along the Staircase Rapids of the North Fork Skokomish River. You may recognize some of these paintings from forest scenes I have painted, and I foresee painting more from this park in the future. (Staircase was named for a staircase that used to exist to get over a bluff in the area, per nps.gov. ) Sol Duc Falls is supposed to be the most beautiful waterfall in the park, and after going I can say it’s the prettiest we have seen there!
Staircase
Hurricane Ridge
Marymere Falls via Lake Crescent
Sol Duc Falls
Hoh Rainforest
And our one stop looking over Ruby Beach as it was getting dark and we needed to get home!
