olivia and i kicked off the trip june 21. it was a fairly long day, with a couple of ferry rides between edmonds and kingston; a side trip to port townsend to pick up olivia's friend, hanna, so she could join us for the day; and some agonizingly slow, windy roads. we were fortunate in that we didn't become part of a battle in port gamble, where a bunch of folks were reenacting some civil war skirmishes. there were folks dressed in blue, folks dressed in gray, and women wearing the dresses of the day. i figure we'll see some of the real civil war areas between florida and washington, d.c. we drove to neah bay and then hiked a nice half-mile trail through the woods to cape flattery, the northwesternmost point in the contiguous states. here's more on what the makah nation has done there recently to make it more accessible for tourists: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/travel/2008011123_onlywa22flattery.html. before leaving neah bay, we drove south of town a couple of miles to one of my favorite beaches, but didn't stay long because a fog bank was rolling in. i'm going to take a couple of days now to finish preparations before i start driving east and south. will probably hit the road in earnest tuesday or wednesday.
Hanna (left) and Olivia (right) standing out on the lookout
at Cape Flattery.
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