We had a short, easy drive today, down the east side of the Olympic Peninsula. We followed the Hood Canal most of the way. It really is a Fjord, not a canal, as it starts in Puget Sound and ends in Sheldon, Washington. Whereas a canal connects two bodies of water. However, the canal goes for about 35 miles. It's wide and beautiful.
We are staying at a Sunrise Resort campground, which is an RPI campground. The last one we stayed at, wouldn't give us a full hookup, as we were RPI members, and not Sunrise Resort members. However, this one did give us one of their many unused full hookup site. And, for only $10/day. And, the setting is really beautiful. Big sites, in the trees, nice setting.
Since we got here so early, I decided to run into town and do the laundry, since the laundry here at the campground was closed. On the way back, I stopped at a Canal-side park, and enjoyed the view.
Dow Creek RV campground site photo:
Hood Canal photos:
A fjord is actually very specifically a glacially-carved inlet, with a U-shaped profile causing it to be very deep and have very steep sides. And a canal is specifically man-made, doesn't have to connect two bodies of water. But lovely location regardless of technicalities.
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