Our RV park owners (in Forks, WA) really thought highly of the northwest corner of the peninsula and encouraged us to see it if we could. After thinking about it a bit, we realized we will not be this close again for a while, so we headed to Neah Bay. The whole trip was on secondary roads, but it was a nice drive. At Neah Bay, we found ourselves in the middle of the annual Makah Days celebration. We walked through the street fair, then headed to Cape Flattery.
Freshly caught salmon smoking over an open fire.
There was a very nice trail to the cape (Sam was allowed on the trail with us). About half of the trail was rustic boardwalk that reminded Joani of the computer game "Myst."
The views of the coast were stunning! It was nearly low tide, so we were able to see several caves and tide pools far below us. Across the water, we could see the lighthouse on Tatoosh Island. One rock was exclusive to the sea lions.
We are on the Makah Reservation. The overlook we are on is as far down as we are allowed to go.
Lighthouse on Tatoosh Island was built in 1857.
Tatoosh Island, to the left, is part of the Makah Reservation.
We could hear the sea lions barking every time the whales surfaced.
We were treated to whale sightings as a very nice bonus! There were three of them swimming a huge circle around Tattoosh Island. They surfaced, to the delight of everyone, at about 15-minute intervals, blowing spouts and flipping their tails.
That's Kiri, from Australia, scratching Sam's ears. It was quite a nice coincidence that Kiri was also with us on the Ranger hike at the Hoh Rainforest yesterday.
That's Canada in the distance.
In 1970 tidal erosion exposed a group of 500-year-old homes in the Makah village of Ozette that had been perfectly preserved in an ancient mudslide. Tens of thousands of artifacts were uncovered and are now preserved in the Makah Museum at Neah Bay.
The Makah carved their boats from a single cedar log.
Sam and I have been taking our walks each day through town, so I decided this time I would snap a few pictures of Forks.
Are you a fan of the Twilight books or movies? I've never read or seen them, even though I've watched a vampire movie or two. The author, Stephenie Meyer, based her Twilight book series in the town of Forks, WA and the surrounding area. You can see the town has fully embraced the "Twilight" mystique, even though none of the movies were ever filmed here. The town will celebrate "Bella's" birthday in September (of course, Bella is a purely fictional character). They expect the town will be packed, as it was last year.
"Twilight Themed" rooms?
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