Jason and I hit the road the next day and headed for the Olympic Peninsula. We made the ride up to Hurricane Ridge and to the Hoh Rainforest on our way to our campsite on the coast. It was getting late by the time we finally got there (somewhat heavy traffic slowed us down), and it was threatening to rain - which we hadn't seen on the weather apps. So once we hit the coast, we hustled to Kalaloch Beach and our campsite.
It drizzled on us a bit the next morning, but we checked out the Kurt Kobain memorial in Aberdeen (unless you are a HUGE Nirvana fan, don't make the effort - we stopped only because we were passing through and still somewhat regret the lost time...). We had a nice enough brunch in Aberdeen and then continued to the Gifford Pinchot National Forest surrounding Mt. Adams, the other stratovolcano (like Rainier and Mt. St. Helens).
We camped at Lake Takhlakh, which had amazing views of Mt. Adams. I had to get up in the middle of the night since clouds were out at sunset and actually threatening rain. The next morning we crossed the Columbia River and circled Mt. Hood on our way to Bend, Oregon.
We had a reserved campsite at Soda Creek Campground, adjacent to the Sparks Lake area - both (thankfully) under-appreciated areas. We set up camp and then rode another mile or so from the campground to Sparks Lake. We caught some amazing clouds reflected in the lake and a nice enough sunset.
We hung around long enough to shoot some stars, then headed back to camp and the Soda Creek where I could face south and photograph the Milky Way.
Cheers,
Marc
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