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Travel Theme: Liquid (Olympic Peninsula)

By Marney @marmiscellany
Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park

Sea life Kalaloch Beach, Olympic National Park, Washington

The wettest place I have ever been is the Olympic Peninsula, home to several temperate rainforests, where rainfall averages between 12-14 feet a year. When we were there a few years ago, each day was a bit of sunshine and gray clouds interspersed with rain of all kinds—showers, drizzle, and pelting. The landscape is lush, beautiful, and spackled with drops of water. Large lakes, plants in all shades of green growing on top of each other, making it hard to tell where one plant ended and another began, huge pieces of driftwood washed up on shore, and long, wet beaches.

The famous floating tree at Kalaloch Beach, Washington

The famous floating tree and washed-up driftwood at Kalaloch Beach, Washington

Chasing birds on Kalaloch Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington,

Chasing birds on Kalaloch Beach, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Cloudy morning at Lake Quinault, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Cloudy morning at Lake Quinault, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

Sailboats at Lake Quinault, Quinault Rainforest

Sailboats at Lake Quinault, Quinault Rainforest, Washington

Fallen trees make a crazy bridge over running water, Olympic Peninsula

Fallen trees make a crazy bridge over running water, Quinault rainforest

Lush hiking trail, Quinault rainforest, Olympic Peninsula

Lush hiking trail, Quinault rainforest, Olympic Peninsula, Washington

(If any of you are Twilight fans, this is the part of Washington where the books are set.)

See some great interpretations of the liquid theme at Where’s my Backpack.


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