Washington Trip Part 6

We then traveled from Seattle to Port Angeles (Google map it!). But, instead of taking the direct route, or a ferry, we drove all the way to the Pacific and then around on the 101 until we reached the town of Port Angeles. This took about 8 hours are so with all the stops, but it was well worth it, we saw some beautiful sights along the way.

Then we got to the beach. Wow. It was incredible. Some of the sights there are jaw dropping, and there is beauty everywhere you look. It is also so absolutely empty that you are able to feel alone and peaceful. This was a great place to visit and if we were not getting really tired from the drive, I would have loved to stay longer.

Yeah, this just keeps going, the Olympic Peninsula was just amazing!

One of the weird things though, is that were grabbed lunch at a Quiznos in Aberdeen on the way, and the owner of the store, after asking us where we were headed, kept warning us over and over about not getting carried away by the riptide. I guess this must happen a lot, as he repeated the phrase "I don't want to read about you in the papers" at least four times. It was quite odd and kinda disturbing. It goes without saying that Mrs Titan and I survived the ordeal.

One other thing that I forgot to mention previously. When we were in Seattle, we checked out the Underground Tour, which is amazing and well worth seeing. They also pride themselves on humorous tours, which make them very fun and a few times even like standup, it was great. Anyway, as we were walking back to the hotel this guy walks up to us and just starts talking to us. Asking us what we thought of the tour, where we're from, etc. Anyway, this goes on for a while and it's obvious that he is there alone with no one else. This wouldn't have been that big of a deal to me until we got to Friday Harbor.

In Friday Harbor, as you recall, we went on a whale watching tour. Well, on the boat were two guys without anyone with them. They were not together and did not know anyone else on the tour. This just seemed weird to me. I can understand the lonely dude in Seattle (business travel, etc) but two more lonely, single, and frankly kinda creepy guys in a purely touristy area. This was odd. I have never seen single people traveling alone as tourists (not counting backpacking-across-the-country-types or homeless people), so I was a little surprised. So, just a question for all the readers out there. Have you ever gone on vacation alone? Why and did you have a good time?

I'll be back tomorrow with Victoria, BC.