So What Else is so Great About Port Angeles?

So what else is so great about Port Angeles? ALMOST EVERYTHING. 

The Olympic Discovery Trail is across the street from our house. It's a really nice trail that runs across the top of the entire Olympic Peninsula. Well, at least our section is really nice. If you turn south from our house, the trail takes you to a bridge that crosses the creek that runs all through our neighborhood (right behind our house too, in fact).

 

The view from the bridge. Right now it's a little more like a river than a creek because of the spring runoff. See all the moss? It's kind of like having outdoor carpet everywhere you go.

From the bridge you can get down next to the creek where there are some fun places to play, and it's beautiful! The kids mostly like to throw rocks in the water, but they also like to climb around these roots. 

 

Doing the aforementioned rock throwing. 

 

 If you turn north from our house, it's a 10 minute walk down the trail to the beach. I can't tell you how much I love this. Anyone who knows me knows that I have always wanted to live next to the beach, and better yet? When it's windy the waves here are big enough to boogie board on. The beach is really rocky, but it's still wonderful! Also, we can see Canada from here. We only get Canadian TV and radio here. It's weird. 

There is a GREAT park in Port Angeles. It's huge with all kinds of fun toys, and this great dragon slide. I'll have to get more pictures of it, because it's really great. 

Other great things about Port Angeles? Wal-Mart is like, less than 5 minutes away from our house. Seriously, if I didn't have to fight my through the ridiculous forest and sheer cliff across the street I could walk there. You can laugh about proximity to Wal-Mart, but with 3 toddlers we always need more diapers or milk or something. 

Also, that line about ridiculous forests and sheer cliffs isn't a joke. They could have filmed The Hunger Games right next to our house. Living in Washington has convinced me that if Sasquatch exists, he's hiding here, probably just 5 feet off Highway 101 eating McDonald's leftovers. The forest is THAT DENSE. You can't see anything! If a Squatch is hiding in the woods, I hope he comes and eats the deer that pooped on our walkway.