Pacific Coast Bike Route: Day 04

June, 06 I  Port Hadlock - Hoodsport I Olympic Peninsula region of Washington state I Km, 85.19

We left the Motel at noon after sleeping very well. We took the secondary road that was now possible (away from the highways). The famous highway 101 was up and down starting this sunny day!

The scenery was better, less vroom, vroom. We also saw a couple of cyclists. A boy who was heading in the opposite direction, with bicycle and travel bags and a couple of racing cyclists (one fixed a tire puncture). They wore bicycle clothes with a very extravagant style.

Highway 101 from Quilcene to Hoodsport was a quiet road with a few transport trucks and occasional large tractor trailers. The scenery reminds us of the transition from Comox to Qualicum in Vancouver Island, B.C Canada a “bicycle trip we had done” with ocean views and forests! We cycled through the Olympic National Park and there are so many places to camp. Very green and scenic ... Ellie would do this again! Patrizia wants more views of the coast and more variety and less noisy traffic.

We had a long and constant climb out of the Quilcene area but we were rewarded with a fantastic descent. Super!

We were in a small tourist town called Hoodsport in the Olympic Peninsula region of Washington state and the people were extremely friendly. We stayed at the Creekside Inn i because the weather was not promising, namely rain rain rain! The Inn guy was kind enough to bring us some beer and gave us lots of information including a shortcut to the next major city!

Then, a walk on the oyster beach and we met two nice couples (it is only about collecting the oysters here) and they have been coming here for quite some time just to collect the oysters.

Patrizia on the pier saw a huge shell but the shell was under water and had to have it and was determined. But the water was too high; Ellie advised to wait for low tide but "no way" she would not wait. I want it now ! So when the two couples left, someone went into the water to take the shell and used their toes to get it out! What a view! Very flexible toes! And Patrizia said the water was hot but Ellie still refused to enter.

We wanted oysters for dinner and near the inn was a small restaurant that served Hamma Hamma breeding oysters - good ones. Excellent dinner. We were also served oyster crackers and Patrizia discovered that there are no oysters in the crackers so why the name? Patrizia asked the waiter for more information about the name. He had laughed saying that they are used with oyster stew, hahaha, only in America).