Can I say it again, Wow, this has been such a fabulous summer, Ryan and I did a wonderful backpacking trip on the Olympic Peninsula. We hiked out to the Tubal Cain Mine on the Tubal Cain Trail. This is an easy 3 miles out on a relatively flat hike. The hardest part was a little detour we did to see the wreck of a B17 aircraft. Up the Tull Canyon trail....straight up for only .7 of a mile, but it was straight up!!
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Ready for adventure |
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This is the Silver Creek shelter, just a few feet from the Trailhead |
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The first creek crossing, high and dry |
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This bridge doesn't look that great, luckily there was a new one just a few feet away |
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Creek crossing on old mine equipment |
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The mossy creeks were just lovely |
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Mine shaft near the Tull Canyon trail |
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From inside the mineshaft, looking out |
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I brought fixings for chicken tacos! |
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Ryan gives the tacos two thumbs up |
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Hurrah, blueberries for dessert |
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The deer feeding on the blueberries around our campsite |
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It doesn't look that bad in the photo, but that is straight up |
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Debris from the wrecked B17 covers this canyon area and is sometimes hidden by the overgrowth |
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It doesn't look 60 years old |
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this section was at a campsite |
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part of an engine |
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folks have used parts of the Airplane wreck for their campsites |
. We'd like to thank Steve B. for his donation this past week!
I hiked 8 miles and Ryan did about 18 miles. He made a loop by hiking up to Marmot Pass and back down to the Upper Dungeness Trailhead. I hiked out the way we came in (much flatter) and drove over to pick him up!
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