There isn’t usually much solitude to be found in a ferry terminal, but once in a while there is a lull in the busy push of bodies rushing on or off boats. This is the terminal on Bainbridge Island for the ferry into downtown Seattle.
Solitude
N Fork Quinault Trailhead
The building above is used to store food for pack animals used by trail crews. The North Fork trail is one of the heavier used … it’s often the trail of choice for Scouts getting a 50 mile hike in for a merit badge. The Scouts typical route starts up the Elwha and crosses Low Divide and then down the North Fork. The 44.3 miles (shown on the sign below) to Whiskey Bend is misleading, since for the last number of years the road has been washed out and it’s a 5 mile hike to get there from the Elwha Road.
Haines, Alaska
This shows a part of Haines … while a small town, it is larger than shown here. This is salt water and the mountains in the background are around 7000′ (2133m) in elevation. My aunt and uncle lived here for much of their adult lives and I wintered over there in the mid-70’s. The other side of the close landform is the Chilkat River. A view upstream is below.
Royal British Columbia Museum – First People’s Gallery
The First People’s Gallery is one of the three permanent galleries of the Royal BC Museum (the other two are the Natural History Gallery and the Becoming BC Gallery). Unfortunately, there was a large section of the gallery that was closed while under redesign. The lightning conditions were difficult (as you may be able to tell), so color rendition is left to your imagination. I thought it was a great display and would recommend anyone take it in if they were in Victoria.
BC Parliament
We recently took a couple day trip to Victoria (walking on the Coho ferry in Port Angeles, WA). The ferry terminal in Victoria is a block or so from the Parliament Building complex. It is looking a little scruffy these days … it needs some exterior maintenance: cleaning off the algae and dirt from the stone. But it still is an impressive structure.
The garden areas are still nice … just starting to slow signs of the ending of the blooming season.
