Travels with The Original Easyrider®
2022
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I was out to the
Olympic National Park in 2020,
2022
I was out to
Port Angeles, Washington in 2019,
2022
I was out to
Centralia, Washington in 2020,
2021,
2022
I was out to
Olympia, Washington in 2021,
2022
iI was out to
Port Townsend, Washington in 2014,
2014,
2015,
2021
2020
The 2020 trip turned out to be a scouting mission. The road to Hurricane
Ridge was closed due to snow but the Ranger said they do start plowing
and open the road up after Thanksgiving. And the road to Altair was
washed out so no going out there. The Indian tribes have had the roads
to their reservations closed since March, 2020 "due to covid" which means no
access to a lot of the coastal locations. Didn't get any good pictures
on that trip. the conditions for photography were horrid. In a few locations
it was clear and I did have interesting subjects to shoot but in every
case the bright sun, low in the sky, was straight ahead!
The roads to the various rain forests all seemed to be open but I didn't
think I'd get any good pictures in them considering the conditions. The
only pics I took were at the surprisingly uber-crowded Rialto Beach....
and those pics came out lousy due to harsh lighting conditions.
Mount Olympus could be an interesting climb. According to the Park
service it's a difficult, hazardous technical climb. I do have the gear
(except for detailed maps), the skills and training for something like
that although I am pretty rusty and not in as good condition as I was a
few years ago. We shall see. The biggest issue is that it's a 17+ mile (x2)
hike just to start the climb to the summit so this is definitely a
multi-day, backpacking endeavor.
There are a couple of other "hills" in the park that are less technical
so maybe one or more of them to start off with. This trip will mostly be
a scouting mission to find out where everything is, how to navigate the
park and maybe get a few good landscape images.
Of course I no longer have a hiking partner and this park's wilderness
may not be the place to stroll off solo. On the other hand, being alone
is preferrable to being with someone who wishes they were with someone
else so I guess it all works out in the end.
The lying commie tyrants: Two years after the two week lockdown
(that never ended) to "flatten the curve", both the Oregon and Washington
Governors (both freedom hating power hungry autocrats) finally lifted the
unlawful, unconstitutional lockdowns. At least until the November, 2022
elections are over. If these scumbags remain in power, expect a new
"emergency" to come along shortly where they will re-impose their forced
obedience mask, jab and lockdown tyranny.
OBEY!
Incredibly, there are still legions of imbeciles and sheep walking around
wearing face diapers. It's certainly someone's right to be an idiot (as
evidenced by all the Biden bumper stickers still out there). but jeeze
Louise... why not just hang a sign around your neck saying you're an idiot?
These images were made with my Nikon D810 camera and my
Zeiss Planar T* 50mm F/1.4 ZF.2 manual focus Lens.
Centralia, like many cities in Washington State, has become a mecca
for tweakers and drug addicted people who choose to be homeless beggars.
Many walk around like zombies, talking loudly to who-knows-who... mentally
deranged from drug use, their minds inhabiting a distant planet somewhere.
Most do not seem dangerous, except to themselves. But a few are very
volatile and of course you never know who is who until it's too late.
Needless to say, there isn't a cowardly cop in sight. They are all off
eating donuts, writing parking tickets or whatever cowardly cops do when
they are avoiding actually doing their jobs. They certainly aren't
patrolling the streets or doing anything to protect innocent citizens.
The place looks like a war zone with all the cars with busted windows
caused by drug addicts looking for things to steal and sell for their next
fix.
I get here early (VERY early) Saturdays or Sundays to get in and get out
before the loons start showing up. But there are always a few roaming
around who haven't slept in days. Why people choose to live like this is
a mystery to me. Yeah, life in America blows now but being stoned and
sleeping in an alley is no way to live or to escape reality.
President Bradon has billions of someone else's money to give to Ukraine
but nothing to help these poor creatures?
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