Back to Town. Dinner Threepeat?
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canyonwalkerOlympic Peninsula Travelog #19
Back at the hotel in Port Angeles - Sun, 5 Sep 2021. 8pm.
We're back in town now after finishing up our hike at Sol Duc Falls. It's been a reasonably full day. In addition to hiking Sol Duc Falls, we hiked Madison Falls in the morning, hiked along the Elwha River after that, then hiked Marymere Falls before Sol Duc.
When we have hiking days we often try to make a two-fer; sometimes we manage a three-fer. Today was an elusive four-fer. ...And we even considered making it a five-fer with a hike at Striped Peak on the coast near Port Angeles, but Hawk's back was twisted after slipping on a rock at Sol Duc. I was tired by then, too; plus it started to rain in places, so I didn't mind letting Striped Peak fall off the bottom of today's itinerary. Maybe we'll go there tomorrow!
Once back in town this evening our first order of business was getting dinner. Speaking of two-fers, three-fers, etc., we did consider making a threepeat visit to the delicious yet unpopular taqueria one block from our hotel.
I'd say people hate them on Yelp except Yelpers actually rate them well; that's how we decided two nights ago to try them. It's just in real life that the restaurant's unpopular. 🤷♂️
Anyway, we decided while we'd be okay eating at the taqueria a third time if we had to, we'd prefer dining on a different cuisine. Again this evening, like last, though, we found our choices limited by the few restaurants that had outdoor dining instead of crowded indoor dining. Ordering to-go food and eating it in our small hotel room was our least favorite option. We wound up getting pizza slices from a pizzeria that was highly rated on Yelp and had a few outdoor seats. The pizza was barely edible. I guess Yelpers know good Mexican food but can't tell a pizza from a paper plate with cheese. We probably should've gone back to the taqueria that's good but everyone hates. 🙄
Now we're back in the room for the evening. I took a short nap after dinner— apparently I really was tired out by our four-fer today!— but woke back up a bit ago. There's still stuff to do tonight.
Tomorrow's our last day in the area before we have to head back to the airport and fly home. Actually it's only a half day in the area; we'll need to leave here no later than 1pm for the 3 hour drive back to Sea-Tac. So tonight we're reviewing trail descriptions to decide what's reasonable for tomorrow. Striped Peak, which I mentioned above, is a possibility... but it looks like the winner will be Klahhane Ridge up in the Hurricane Ridge area of the park.
Tomorrow's actually supposed to be sunny. It will be nice to see the high peaks of Olympic National Park in the sun! Of course the one sunny day we get on this trip is the last day, when we have to leave early. Mother Nature's a basic bitch.
[[Addendum, 11-Sep: Wow, this trip has run to 19 blogs already. And, yikes, my backlog is 6 days behind! I expect to finish at 22 blogs and not more than seven days behind. 🥵]]
Back at the hotel in Port Angeles - Sun, 5 Sep 2021. 8pm.
We're back in town now after finishing up our hike at Sol Duc Falls. It's been a reasonably full day. In addition to hiking Sol Duc Falls, we hiked Madison Falls in the morning, hiked along the Elwha River after that, then hiked Marymere Falls before Sol Duc.
When we have hiking days we often try to make a two-fer; sometimes we manage a three-fer. Today was an elusive four-fer. ...And we even considered making it a five-fer with a hike at Striped Peak on the coast near Port Angeles, but Hawk's back was twisted after slipping on a rock at Sol Duc. I was tired by then, too; plus it started to rain in places, so I didn't mind letting Striped Peak fall off the bottom of today's itinerary. Maybe we'll go there tomorrow!
Once back in town this evening our first order of business was getting dinner. Speaking of two-fers, three-fers, etc., we did consider making a threepeat visit to the delicious yet unpopular taqueria one block from our hotel.
I'd say people hate them on Yelp except Yelpers actually rate them well; that's how we decided two nights ago to try them. It's just in real life that the restaurant's unpopular. 🤷♂️ Anyway, we decided while we'd be okay eating at the taqueria a third time if we had to, we'd prefer dining on a different cuisine. Again this evening, like last, though, we found our choices limited by the few restaurants that had outdoor dining instead of crowded indoor dining. Ordering to-go food and eating it in our small hotel room was our least favorite option. We wound up getting pizza slices from a pizzeria that was highly rated on Yelp and had a few outdoor seats. The pizza was barely edible. I guess Yelpers know good Mexican food but can't tell a pizza from a paper plate with cheese. We probably should've gone back to the taqueria that's good but everyone hates. 🙄
Now we're back in the room for the evening. I took a short nap after dinner— apparently I really was tired out by our four-fer today!— but woke back up a bit ago. There's still stuff to do tonight.
Tomorrow's our last day in the area before we have to head back to the airport and fly home. Actually it's only a half day in the area; we'll need to leave here no later than 1pm for the 3 hour drive back to Sea-Tac. So tonight we're reviewing trail descriptions to decide what's reasonable for tomorrow. Striped Peak, which I mentioned above, is a possibility... but it looks like the winner will be Klahhane Ridge up in the Hurricane Ridge area of the park.
Tomorrow's actually supposed to be sunny. It will be nice to see the high peaks of Olympic National Park in the sun! Of course the one sunny day we get on this trip is the last day, when we have to leave early. Mother Nature's a basic bitch.
[[Addendum, 11-Sep: Wow, this trip has run to 19 blogs already. And, yikes, my backlog is 6 days behind! I expect to finish at 22 blogs and not more than seven days behind. 🥵]]
