The Edge of the World
Sometimes travel decisions are as simple as character movement in 1980s videogames. For a destination last weekend, I pushed the joystick up and to the left as far as it would go, and a few hours later ended up in the north-westernmost part of the continental US.
Cape Flattery (which will get you nowhere except Tatoosh Island) is part of the territory of the qwi·qwi·diččat nation. Buying a visitor’s pass at tribal headquarters (or at Washburn’s General Store) entitles you to drive out to the trailhead, where a 3/4 mile, mostly-flat hike takes you to the view seen above. Watch for nesting bald eagles on the way — they seem to enjoy ocean-front real estate.
Great pictures.
Consider this a vote for more posts about day-trips away from Seattle…
OMG, more pictures please!!
When we went to the Olympic Peninsula last spring, I’m fairly sure we had plans to go somewhere other than Cape Flattery. But once we saw the sign advertising it as the northwesternmost point in the continental U.S., it was impossible to resist [f].