Duckabush River — Sunday, May. 12, 2002

Olympic Peninsula > Hood Canal

Annual season opener to that enchanted Duckabush valley. The river's song is your constant companion on this intimate trail with mossy green margins. Before it climbs out of second growth into ancient forest you pass rusting relics of turn of the century logging. At any of the vistas on Big Hump on can hear the lusty calls of grouse, thrush, or the whirring of hummingbirds. It descends back to the vigorous crystal green waters of the Duck at 5 miles. Mabey a dozen blowdowns but none too troublesome. Lights of Seattle visible from atop Big Hump at night.