Northwest point, Eagle and Glasses

Monday Evening June 8 Lunedi Sera 8 Giugno

And we are off again trying to get to the most Northwest point in the continental USA. And today there was no rain!! Less than 25 miles from town Clint and Charleen pull into a turnout area and as they do they see an eagle at the top of a tree. We quickly get out our cameras and start snapping away. Then Charleen gets out the CAMERA! She has a very nice SLR digital camera with a telephoto lens. And she commences to take some real pictures. The eagle is quite nonchalant about the whole deal until a kid in a noisy mini truck pulls in and scares it away. And as we prepare to depart I remove my glasses so that I can slip my helmet over my head. And the glasses come off of my face in 2 pieces. My genuine never fail titanium frames have broken in 2 pieces. So it’s on the road flying blind. So after 65 miles or so we arrive at the parking lot of the most northwest point. What? No sign? Well maybe we will find it in the ½ mile hike (in motorcycle boots) down to the lookout points on the cliffs overlooking the ocean. There is no sign but there are excellent views. It was well worth the hike down and it was even worth the hike back up. So we go back to Port Angeles, get groceries for tonight’s meal and go to Wal-Mart for some other supplies. Well this Wal-Mart has a vision center and they quickly take my lenses and put them in new frames. (Maybe it helps that Linda is a preferred customer?) So I am ready to go again. 217 miles today.

Closeup of the eagle

View from the farthest northwest point

Oggi abbiamo cercato per il punto piu’ nordovest negli Stati Uniti continentale. Anche oggi non c’era pioggia. Dopo 25 miglia sulla strada Clint e Charleen sono fermata acanto la strada nel un piccolo parcheggio. E hanno visto un’aquila nel’albero. Abbiamo fatto molte foto ma finalmente un giovane con un camion rumoroso l’ha spaventato e ha volato via. Poi ho trovato che i miei occhiali sono rotto e non ho avuto un altro paio. Dovevo guidare cieco!! Finalmente siamo arrivati a un parcheggio alla coda della strada. Non c’erac’era un un cartello indicando “il punto piu’ nordovest”. Ma c’era un sentiero attraverso il bosco dal parcheggio al mare. Dopo ½ miglia siamo arrivati al mare dove c’era una vista bellissima. Dopo siamo ritornati alla citta ho trovato occhiali al WalMart e posso vedere ancora. 217 miglia oggi.