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Lake Quinault

Quinault River mailbox
Photo Essay

Here is one roadside attraction I didn’t just slow down for

August 3, 2025 Steve 4

When driving up the Quinault River Valley last summer I came across a homemade “go-slow” sign that was unusually clever. Not only that, but a pond on one side of the road was decorated with […]

Pacific NW camper vehicles
Photo Essay

Pacific Northwesterners can be quite eclectic in how they like to camp

June 29, 2025 Steve 2

When I moved to Ohio many years ago to enter a doctoral program, I camped out for a few days until I found a place to rent. When I mentioned that to a fellow student […]

Lake Quinault sunset
Photo Essay

The automobile has opened Lake Quinault to the world

March 30, 2025 Steve 0

Prior to the automobile, Lake Quinault was a remote area mainly populated by the Quinault tribe and a few Anglo-Americans who carved homesteads out of a dense rainforest. But once Highway 101 was extended to […]

Unofficial speed limit sign works better than a real one
Random Shots

Unofficial road signs were better than the real ones

January 5, 2025 Steve 0

A few years ago residents of a Lake Quinault neighborhood posted a number of do-it-yourself, speed-limit signs. However, when I drove through this neighborhood last summer I didn’t notice any of the signs. If they […]

1954 Chevy abandoned in Quinault garage 6.8.23
Random Shots

An automotive time machine with an open door

June 8, 2023 Steve 9

Since I began visiting Lake Quinault in the mid-1980s, I have noticed this 1953 Chevrolet sitting in a garage. The garage’s door has always been open and the Chevy has not appeared to have been […]

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