Category: Dosewallips River

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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Autumn Colors (again)

Autumn Colors (again) – 1

I thought I would share one of the last of the images from our recent hike up the Dosewallips River Trail. The images above was taken with my iPhone 16 Pro Max. Note the lack of a ‘sun burst’ where the sun is peaking around the maple. (for comparison, see previous post https://ajjphotoblog.com/?p=15948)

Below, another view of the Dosewallips River Trail. We both enjoyed hiking this section of the trail where there were lots of dry leaves to kick and crunch. A joy not to have to rake all these! (in the past I spent one day each weekend working on clearing the lawn of leaves this time of year)

Dosewallips Trail with Plenty of Leaves
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