Post AXURj2TMqcgTMetbbk by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
 (DIR) More posts by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
 (DIR) Post #AXURiyM89aWCb3Tllw by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
       2023-07-04T21:05:46Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       This is the very starting point of the Hoh Rainforest  where the Hoh river is about to meet the Pacific Ocean. Over the last few days we hiked from here (Oil City) up to  3rd Beach — 17 miles along the South Coast Route in the Olympic Wilderness. More fun pictures to come.#PNW#OlympicNationalPark#Backpacking#Rainforest
       
 (DIR) Post #AXURizOIJ1qLo3V0me by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
       2023-07-04T23:54:52Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       Heading North from the Hoh river you have to round the diamond rock headlands which requires a low tide. This is arduous during incoming tides — it’s more than a mile of rock scrambling. The reward is Jefferson Cove pictured here, which curves around to Hoh Head.#PNW#OlympicCoast#OlympicNationalPark#Backpacking
       
 (DIR) Post #AXURj07Jbdr83gYxxQ by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
       2023-07-05T01:47:24Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       There are no pictures from our rounding of Diamond Rock — we were very busy at the time — but here is a view of that point from up on top of the overland trail across Hoh head. The overland trail is reached by rope ladders from the beach. It is 3.5 miles long and quite technical — but there is a lot of cool rainforest stuff up there.#PNW#OlympicNationalPark#OlympicCoast#Rainforest
       
 (DIR) Post #AXURj0wMXqgmc0RjWa by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
       2023-07-05T16:12:00Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       Here is something cool we found in the rainforest on the overland trail across Hoh Head. It’s a banana slug eating the leaf of a devil’s club plant. I don’t know for sure, but that black gooey stuff next to the shiny slime looks like it’s maybe a lot of slug poop.#BananaSlug#PNW#OlympicNationalPark#Backpacking
       
 (DIR) Post #AXURj1ivdHXN2dAWDw by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
       2023-07-06T21:05:03Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       At the North end of the overland trail across Hoh Head, you come to Mosquito Creek which has some great camp sites up on a bluff and some excellent views. The views from the camp sites are not quite as good as this view from up the hill at the privy. Best privy view I’ve ever seen.We found no mosquitos at mosquito creek.#PNW#OlympicCoast#OlympicNationalPark#Backpacking
       
 (DIR) Post #AXURj2TMqcgTMetbbk by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
       2023-07-07T18:53:02Z
       
       0 likes, 0 repeats
       
       Here is another cool thing found on that Hoh Head overland trail. I think this shelf-fungus is a Red-belted Polypore. All that drippy sap-like fluid along the front edge makes me think this is one happy fungus.#FungiFriday#PNW#OlympicNationalPark #Backpacking
       
 (DIR) Post #AXURj3bCeyXurFZNSa by btrinen@social.seattle.wa.us
       2023-07-08T16:11:19Z
       
       0 likes, 1 repeats
       
       So we left Mosquito Creek camp and hiked north a couple miles up a beach at low tide, and then climbed ropes up to  another (shorter) overland trail. Before descending we got this view north toward Toleak Point — our next camp on the trip. This is a view of the south side of Toleak Point where people were camped on the beach sand. We camped on the North side in the shade of the forest.#PNW#OlympicCoast#OlympicNationalPark#Backpacking