Coasting Along the Pacific Coast

Just coasting along on the Pacific Coast riding my Honda PC800 Pacific Coast in pearl white!

After a wonderful weekend in British Columbia and passing over the ferry to Port Townsend, I followed the Pacific Coast Highway south toward Oregon.  Somewhere near Ruby Beach along the Olympic National Park’s bit of Washington’s coastline, I pulled over to grab a couple of photos.  Along the ways, I passed two red PC800s with Rifle windshields heading north.  I still haven’t figured out who those guys were but there’s a good chance I’ve met them before.

Down in Oregon, I took US 26 back toward Portland in the evening when I ran into a horrible 20 mile long traffic jam that took several hours to slowly navigate.  Other than being the end of a holiday weekend, there was no reason for bad traffic at 10pm.  Riding through Forest Grove, I had ash falling on me from the big fires ravaging the Columbia Gorge to the east.  It was a surreal welcome back to Oregon.

The Port Townsend-Coupeville Ferry with a Motorcycle

On my way back from beautiful British Columbia, I decided to take the Pacific Coast Highway US 101 south along the Washington Coast.  Since I was riding my Honda Pacific Coast motorcycle, I figured it was the right thing to do.  Plus this way I’d miss Seattle and Portland traffic.  I decided to take the ferry to Port Townsend and hop on the Pacific Coast Highway there.  It’s really neat that motorcycles get their own special location at the front of the ferry.  There were a couple other motorcycles with me on the boat.

Looking out the front of the boat with our motorcycles in the shadow.

Crossing the water.

Port Townsend in view!  After this ferry, I hopped on the Pacific Coast Highway and headed south.

Mike’s Beach Resort with Heather

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Heather and I went up to Mike’s Beach Resort for a week of seclusion and diving on the Hood Canal in Washington State.  Our little waterfront cabin had some amazing views.

 

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Underwater near the clam beds.

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One of the many sunken boats that Mike has put out over the years to attract wildlife.

 

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Lots of fish milling about.

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Heather taking some photos.

 

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Taking a picture of a nudibranch.

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Beautiful sea polyps.

 

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Heather ready to go for a dive off of the oyster beach.

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Ready to go!

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Sea slug.

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At night we played board games.  It was really relaxing.

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Misty dawn.

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Heather’s mask took a dive.  It now resides on our wall at home.  We had to use one of our spare masks for Heather for the rest of the trip.

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Evening on the dive site with low tide.

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Our dry suits hanging out on some chairs, getting warm in the sun.

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Looking down off the pier.

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The little cabins we stayed in are to the left.

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A perfectly still morning.  We had the site to ourselves for the entire week.

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Absolutely gorgeous sunsets.

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Checking out more life underwater.

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Polyps on an old washing machine drum.

 

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Photo time!

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Swimming through the sea pen forest.

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