Today is the first of several days on the Olympic Peninsula. This area is famous for two things, mountains and trees. During the winter, huge Pacific storms slam into the Olympic Mountains in the center of the peninsula. They drop most of their moisture on these mountains. All that rain creates the best growing conditions for trees in the United States. They grow larger here than almost anywhere else in the country. The inner mountains are protected by a National Park. The outer parts are commercial forests. The contrast between the two is extreme, with clear cuts and tracts of young trees alternating with majestic old growth that blocks out the sky. The first thing I passed through was the city of url=http://www.experiencewa.com/cities/aberdeen.
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