My favorite line: "But when you reach the top, you find an abandoned concrete mound, rising from the forest like a Mayan pyramid in the jungle." I enjoyed the backstory about this spooky location!
Thanks for reading! We once visited a Mayan pyramid in the Yucatan jungle (recently excavated, so was still overgrown and not touristy). The pyramid was huge and impressive, but encountering this mound gave me that same feeling of unexpected discovery.
Just saw this post -- great read! Now it has me thinking about spooky spots I've visited in my home state of CA. I have a feeling that thought will be rolling around in my head all day....
Thanks! Pretty sure we've passed by some spooky spots in northern California. I'm always tempted to stop, but our car's a democracy. I especially like places that don't *intend* to be spooky, and yet they really are...
Thanks! It sounds like Fort Warden was built around the same time (1800s) as the original forts in Oregon. By the way, I enjoyed your post on spawning salmon--such great details about their life cycle.
Lovely post. The scariest I've been (didn't know it at the time) was when I was in Boy Scouts as a kid in Oklahoma. We would go to a cave and explore. One cave I'm still scared of led to a small hole in the rock that we had to squeeze through - you had to be small to get through - and back. I can't believe I did that - and won't do it again! I don't wake up at night worrying about that now that I'm a grandfather and don't do those kind of things!
It always amazes me how lush it is there - coming from Colorado. Rain forest lush. And your picture of Cape Disappointment is beautiful. I wonder why the name?
Apparently, Lewis and Clark were disappointed when they finally arrived at the ocean--in winter, when it was pouring rain and they'd hoped to find something better! They also named a spot nearby "dismal." Today, the area's neither dismal nor disappointing, but we've got more comforts than they had...
My favorite line: "But when you reach the top, you find an abandoned concrete mound, rising from the forest like a Mayan pyramid in the jungle." I enjoyed the backstory about this spooky location!
Thanks for reading! We once visited a Mayan pyramid in the Yucatan jungle (recently excavated, so was still overgrown and not touristy). The pyramid was huge and impressive, but encountering this mound gave me that same feeling of unexpected discovery.
Just saw this post -- great read! Now it has me thinking about spooky spots I've visited in my home state of CA. I have a feeling that thought will be rolling around in my head all day....
Thanks! Pretty sure we've passed by some spooky spots in northern California. I'm always tempted to stop, but our car's a democracy. I especially like places that don't *intend* to be spooky, and yet they really are...
This is so cool! I didn't know these existed in Washington, keen to go see these now.
Thanks! As Ron K mentioned above, there are also bunkers at Fort Worden, WA--but these two by the Columbia are my favorites. Just really spooky...
Very interesting Christina. This bunker reminds me of the one at Fort Warden State Park in Port townsend that protected the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Thanks! It sounds like Fort Warden was built around the same time (1800s) as the original forts in Oregon. By the way, I enjoyed your post on spawning salmon--such great details about their life cycle.
How creepy! I would definitely need a friend with me if I were to go there 😧
Lovely post. The scariest I've been (didn't know it at the time) was when I was in Boy Scouts as a kid in Oklahoma. We would go to a cave and explore. One cave I'm still scared of led to a small hole in the rock that we had to squeeze through - you had to be small to get through - and back. I can't believe I did that - and won't do it again! I don't wake up at night worrying about that now that I'm a grandfather and don't do those kind of things!
I'm leery of caves as well, especially those involving small holes as access points!
It always amazes me how lush it is there - coming from Colorado. Rain forest lush. And your picture of Cape Disappointment is beautiful. I wonder why the name?
Apparently, Lewis and Clark were disappointed when they finally arrived at the ocean--in winter, when it was pouring rain and they'd hoped to find something better! They also named a spot nearby "dismal." Today, the area's neither dismal nor disappointing, but we've got more comforts than they had...
Given your interests, you might also like my previous post on local wild mushroom foraging.
I'll take a look. Thanks!