Headed south of Anacortes and found the Port Townsend ferry. We had started in a light rain but it was done by the time we reached the ferry terminal. After an hour wait we boarded for the 40 minute trip across the sound.
Back on land road the inner route of the 101 through the Olympic National Forest, the 108, back on the 101 then turning inland to Longview were we found hotel rooms thanks to a double elimination tournament not a round robin ( losers had left).
DAY 15 MAY 28 2016
Left the hotel and after a short ride up I-5 got off at Castle Rock and headed to the Mt Saint Helens visitor center, after a brief stay continued up the mountain to the St Helen's Interpretive Center a much more interesting stop. You could see areas of devastation and recovery. It was amazing how well the forest was recovering with help from man with replanting. It was 36 years ago this month that the mountain blew. Thanks to advance warning, the mountain grew 9 feet a day before eruption, only 57 lives were lost and it could easily have been much worse.
There was also a sign for elk viewing with regular elk on the right and handicapped elk on the left but we saw neither.
Heading down the mountain stopped for lunch at a small cafe "19 Mile House" and I had a delicious elk burger couldn't tell if it had been handicapped or not.
Heading west to look for a hotel found us all the way to the coast and scrambling to find a room. We got very lucky and found a newly remodeled Quality Inn with a single open floor (out of three floors) and a vacancy. Next door was the Big Foot restaurant with friendly staff, cold beer, and good fresh fish.
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Funny comments on the elk, but aren't you a moose man?
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