Having crossed the Columbia River in Rainier, we at first did not realize that we had left Oregon; only the license plates indicated so. As we were good in time, we decided to return to the Pacific coast from where we travelled Washington State clockwise up to Port Angeles. We perceived Washington’s logging industry as even more intensive as in Oregon. Entire woodlands are harvested (and fortunately reforested) at once. And the amount of logging trucks was just impressive. With the exception of a few drivers, most logging truckers drove carefully and overall we preferred the experienced drivers to tourists driving an enormous RV for the first time, being unable to judge the dimensions of their vehicle… Soon we learnt, why Washington is called "the Evergreen State". It was pouring an entire day while we were riding and the Western and Northern parts of Washington are very humid. The wet climate allows for some beautiful temperate rain forests – for example in Hoh Valley. Together with the wilderness camping at the foot of the Peninsula’s snowy mountains in Elwha Valley, these were the two highlights of our journey through Washington. From Port Angeles we then took the ferry to Victoria on Vancouver Island (Canada, British Columbia) and for the first time since Los Angeles, our bikes were not moved by ourselves :-). Bye bye USA – if all goes well, we will see you again in less than two months! We hope that Canada brings us more luck in terms of bear sightings and we are looking forward to discovering a new country and its people.
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