What wonderful weather we’ve enjoyed this Holiday season. I’ve been venturing out of the woods to see the sun. It’s so low in the sky it slices through the trees, but we don’t get too much of the direct stuff where we live. It’s an invigorating walk down to water, there the sun shines directly in your face. The Indianola beach faces south, it’s a wonderful place to absorb some light and, if it’s clear, gaze at Mt. Rainier and the Olympic mountains. The long dock, once a stop for the Puget Sound Mosquito Fleet ferry to Seattle (1919-1951), is the ultimate platform for maximum light exposure. Well, the forecast is calling for rain, we didn’t get any today, but it’s coming.

Today was a beautiful day for a top-down drive to the Olympic Peninsula and up to Hurricane Ridge in Olympic National Park. It was so clear we could see Victoria B.C. across the Strait.  The elevation at the Visitor Center is about 5200 ft, but feels much higher as you look out along mountain ridge tops. We bought a year park pass ($30) and look forward to exploring more of this amazing park. It’s a national treasure.