This last weekend I explored the Olympic Peninsula for the first time. The spontaneous day trip opened my eyes to the rich variety of landscapes that are within my reach here in Seattle. All I can say is wow.

Driving up the eastern coast of the peninsula, we stopped first along a quiet rocky beach in a backwater eddy of Puget Sound. The calm skies and the placid water were the perfect backdrop for the first real photo of my new old car, a ‘98 Jeep Cherokee.

Following the beach, we continued to cruise along the coast, only to discover a queer sight: a bare tree covered in Christmas ornaments on the side of the highway. No idea who decorated it or why, but it was a strange sight.

Afterwards, we drove for a while and ended up on a Forest Service road, surrounded in a thick fog.

The last stop of our drive was on the drive back from the Forest Service road, where we discovered what appeared to be an abandoned logging camp of some sort.

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