Blogs from Forks, Washington, United States, North America - page 2

url='/Videos/2899.html' onclick='dialog("/Videos/2899.html?popped=1","tbvideo",600,600);return false;'Wild Beaches of Olympic Peninsula Over more than a dozen years I have made photo safaris to the west coast of the Olympic Peninsula, to photograph the Wild Beaches of this remote region. From other posts in this blog, you have read about (and have seen photos of) some of my fishing trips on the glacier fed rivers on the west side of the Olympics, flowing into the Pacific Ocean. In the fall when the rains return after summer time, the fresh flow of water triggers the senses of salmon to begin a rush up these rivers and tributaries to begin to spawn. The Wild Beaches are where the land connects with the ocean, gates where the salmon enter the rivers. Still images of some of the beaches have been posted in this travel ... read more

After a two year absence from the wild rivers on the west slopes of the Olympic Peninsula, I felt the urge of the salmon this fall of the year 2000. In response to the quickening, a fishing trip was planned and arranged for early October. Drift boat guides out of Forks, Washington were located and engaged using the Internet, and lodging at the lovely Forks Motel was secured. The foursome, two of my neighbors, my brother Mike from Portland, and I departed Olympia Thursday afternoon about 2:30 p.m. for the three and one half hour picturesque drive to Forks in my full time, all time, all wheel drive, Subaru Forester. The drive to Forks was punctuated with excited banter. Neighbor Pete and I had partnered for a salmon fishing trip before, only to get washed out ... read more