OAR Northwest
Recently we heard from one of our new friends in La Push about the Coast Guard helicopter crash just between the mainland and James Island. This is very sad news. We would like to share our condolences. It turns out that Darryl Penn, the man who graciously helped us out in La Push, and another tribe […]
The raised landmass of Destruction Island is shaped somewhat like a comma when viewed from above. Sholes extends in either direction for a great distance. It looks like a huge clawed hand was scraping this part of the Pacific coastline and missed this part. From a distance it looks like a green tabletop eighty feet […]
Okay, folks… we admit it… we love Facebook. Seriously, what an awesome way to throw photos & links up to the world, chat about our trips or adventure thoughts, and connect with an audience that wouldn’t have otherwise found this website. Plus, in our drive for sponsorship, the more fans we have, the more leverage […]
Darryl Penn is the head of the Quileute Marina here at La Push. His tiny office seems to serve as a place of gossip, social gathering, and information center as much as it does marina business. I assume he gets stressed but he’s not inclined to show it. I did see him thank a young […]
The sky in La Push and much of the Washington coast is a bright white. The sun seems to shine even brighter through the haze. Large sea stacks of dark rock dot the coast and are dominated by James Island, a fortress like formation of dark rock toped in trees that protects the entrance to […]