Wynoochee-Skokomish Adventure – 04.04.2008
Originally we had planned to meet in Montesano, Washington on Friday morning, however, because of a paving project on the Wynoochee Road from Montesano to Wynoochee Lake, the location of the meet up was changed to the Taylor Towne restaurant just South of Shelton.
Attending was Ray from Edgewood (driving his Toyota 4Runner), Kevin (riding with Ray), John in his Jeep YJ Wrangler, Dick (riding with John) and Randy from Shelton (riding with me in my Toyota FJ80 Land Cruiser).
Our goals for the this rainy spring day were to:
- Locate the train wreckage from the 1961 film titled “Ring of Fire”. During the filming of the movie they set an old railroad trestle and some passenger rail cars on fire and dropped them into the canyon. (See Brians site at Georgia-Pacific No. 9 and Ring of Fire Wreck Site for a great write up of the details of the movie and the wreckage site.)
- Visit the Wynoochee Dam and Lake.
- Visit the High Steel Bridge over the Skokomish River.
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Olympic Peninsula Backroad Adventures
After getting my Jeep back together, I wanted to get a multi-day camping/road trip in. I wanted to see how my newly built cargo box was going to work and experiment with stowing camping gear for a 3-day mini-expedition plus a dog. I decided upon driving an Olympic Peninsula route. There are several routes that could be connected together with no backtracking. Perfect for a loop around peninsula.
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Photos from my Olympic Peninsula Backroads Tour
This is a collection of photos taken between August 6-8, 2006 while taking a backroads tour of the Olympic Peninsula in my Jeep. The gallery features many of the scenic views from the overland routes driven including some from the Olympic National Park.
You can view the gallery at Olympic Peninsula Backroads Tour
Enjoy the pics.
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