Category: Dosewallips River

What’s Going On?

Dosewallips Falls

Hello All. Those of you who are regular followers of my blog may have noticed an interruption in my regular every-other-day posting schedule. The day of my last post (August 25th) my wife and I rode our eBikes up the Dosewallips River Road past the washouts and up to the old Dosewallips Campground. The image above shows the Dosewallips falls that sits about a half mile from the campground and is one of the attractions of that area.

We had a nice ride until the return trip when just after departing the campground, my bike hit a rock and the front tire kicked sideways and I left the road. Fortunately, I was only traveling 3 mph (5 kmph). However, the ground was not level and I dropped down a few feet (with the bike following on top of me) before stopped by a small alder tree and cracking 3 ribs on my lower right back. It was painful and I spent a few days in hospital.

I’m on the road to recovery, but am taking this time to reflect. My blog schedule is subject to review. I will let you all know what the result is. In the meantime, I will spend some time healing up.

Thank you all for you support. It means a lot to me.

PS Does anyone want to buy an eBike?

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The Dosewallips

The Dosewallips River

The Dosewallips River is one of the major rivers draining the east side of the Olympic Peninsula. The photo above was taken from the old car campground that is now backpack in only, since the road washed out over 20 years ago. (it’s about 6.5 miles – about 10.5 km) It is in the Olympic National Park, but the access road is in the Olympic National Forest. So, who’s responsible for fixing the road? Let’s argue about it for another decade or so…

Below shows the trail not far outside of the campground. It’s beautiful country and it’s too bad that it is so much harder for seniors to access these days.

Dosewallips Trail
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Looking Up

Looking Up

One of the keys to observation is to keep your eyes moving. That means keeping your head moving too, including looking up. I have always tried to remember to include looking up. I have a lot of shots that I have taken looking up through the trees … and most of them are pretty boring. I like this one, though.

Taken along the Dosewallips Trail in the Olympic National Forest. Those are big leaf maples with a couple of spruce mixed in (and maybe a couple of alders in the top.

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Mist in the Trees

Mist in the Trees

This was taken in early November and it wasn’t a particularly cold day. But it had been raining a lot and it had cleared off and there may have been frost overnight. I say “may have been” because we didn’t get a particularly early start and by the time I took this picture, it was almost 2 pm. You could see the sun hitting the trees and the mist coming off. Really very nice.

This was taken along the Dosewallips Road in the Olympic National Forest, just past the washout.

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Fireweed

Fireweed

This was a photo I took in summer, but as I was going through some images the lines and the light on the fireweed against the dark background grabbed my attention. This is the Dosewallips River in the Olympic National Park. I was hiking the 6 miles into the old car campground that is isolated by a couple of washouts.

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