The resort advertises itself as being on the “sunny side of the lake” which apparently means it enjoys more sunshine than Lake Crescent Lodge that sits on the opposite short. All the units enjoy excellent views of Lake Crescent and the surrounding mountains. Prices range from $94 for the rustic cabins to $161 for the A-frames. The Log Cabin Resort has a nice view of Lake Crescent. The resort offers rustic cabins, motel-style rooms, A-frame chalets, and camper cabins. Log Cabin Resort, on the eastern shore of Lake Crescent, enjoys what may be the best location of any of the lodges other than Kalaloch, which sits overlooking the Pacific Ocean. A restaurant serves breakfast and supper while lunch items are available at a deli for lunch. The Sol Duc area offers hiking trails including a three-mile trail to beautiful Sol Duc Falls. Lodge guests have free access to the mineral pools. A large swimming pool has fresh heated water. The pools are each at different temperatures allowing guests to gradually adjust to the warmest water. The draw at Sol Duc for most guests is the mineral springs that feed three pools behind the lodge. Those with a kitchen cost an extra $30 per night. Cabins without a kitchen range in price $131 to $160. Some cabins have kitchens while others do not. Each cabin has a covered porch, and picnic tables and swings are scattered about the property. Sol Duc Hot Springs consists of 32 modern cabins scattered about a meadow in front of the main lodge that itself has no guest rooms. The close proximity makes it likely that travelers will choose one of the three as a base. All are between Forks and Port Angeles, in the northern section of the park. Today we will provide an overview of the park’s other three lodges. The last article also described our stops at Lake Quinault Lodge and Kalaloch Lodge. The fourth lodge is operated by an independent concessionaire, although this contract will soon end and is up for bid. The previous article mentioned that Olympic has four lodges, three of which are managed by Aramark Parks and Destinations. For us, Forks is best known as a place to stop for groceries. You have to take advantage of what comes your way. Even though the movies were not filmed in the area, several stores in Forks are named after the movie title, and full-size cardboard cutouts of the stars are in the town’s visitor center. The small Washington town of Forks is best known as the setting for the Twilight books and movies. (Note: Rangers put the elk down earlier this week.) Campers were required to pack up and leave. As an aside, aggressive elk caused the National Park Service to close the park’s Hoh area just north of Kalaloch. On this occasion the turn brought a peek of distant blue skies, a nice surprise following another morning of fog and cool temperatures. 101 and turned east a couple of days ago we started home to Georgia for this is the most distant spot of the trip. When we drove north of Forks, Washington, on U.S. It has also completed our time in this diverse park. Two nights at Lake Crescent Lodge in Olympic National Park have moved us into the road trip’s eighth week.
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