My husband and I have become avid fans. We found you while looking for content to watch while we walked on a treadmill. We are 73 and 73 next month. We used to hike when we were younger and very much miss the experiences. You guys have given us the wonder and awe we felt when we could do it. Keep on taking us with you to places we never went. Love you guys!
Seems like this video would be great to watch as you "hike" along on your treadmills. It's really great you can be active. I'll be 73 in March and like you I don't hike anymore. In my case, it's mostly because I can't get anyone to go with me and it's not good to go alone.
I can’t believe my wife and I have been watching you guys for 8 years now!! Can’t wait till we run into y’all one day. However we do most of our hiking in the east. Loved the video! Keep it up!
This park is my absolute favorite national park. I have long been wanting to head out there with my two now grown sons to hike the trails out there. the last time we were there, my now 19 and 21 year old were only 2 and 4 years old.Thanks for doing this episode. I haven’t been able to take the time to plan a path for trail hiking vs. what we did with them when they were little and just driving through and staying at the gorgeous old lodges there.
In 1968 my boy Scout troop did a 50 Miler that entered at Duckabush and came out at Sol Duc. Thank you for another peek at the landscape. Thanks for the two hour escape :)
This is my 2nd video I've watched of you guys hiking. The first was the Grand Tetons hike. I have a couple of compliments, 1, your filming is so good, it really does feel like I'm with you guys on this adventure. I even got my wife watching with me. 2, you guys come across as very genuine and friendly people, again I told my wife "I would love to have friends like that and go on those adventures with them" Keep up the good work. Greetings from New Zealand.
Plus, Olympic is black bears only, it's pretty chill, not much need to make your presence known unless you see a sign urging you to do so. I was more concerned by a signpost at the beginning of Lake Angeles Trailhead that said there had been a mountain lion attack as early as a month ago.
It's a delight as a local hiker from the PNW (Pacific Northwest) that your group made your way here! Being newcomers, I see my surroundings with fresh eyes as you find plants, trees, and mushrooms new to you, while pointing out and naming others I never knew the names to my whole life. Many thanks!
Some very well done cinematography toward the vast biodiversity the park offers. Interestingly enough, some of mossy mushroom rich areas you have discovered during the first day of your journey to me were reminiscent of some creeks shores in Bald Eagle SF of central PA, but variety wise hands down Olympic National Park is on another level. Thank you for such a great video.
Beautiful video. Your friendship combined with how well you film the scenery and wildlife makes your videos my favorite. Looking forward to your next adventure 🍄
I've watched so many of their videos, many of which show footage of trails I've been on in the Smokies, Glacier, Lost Coast, Sierras, etc etc. I live outside Olympic NP so it's cool seeing them hike a "local" trail.
Excellent cinematography! Well-done. You captured some beautiful shots of wild mushrooms and ferns and towering moss-covered trees.The Pacific northwest is truly a spectacular place. A unique ecosystem in the continental US.
You braved grueling steep trails, rain and heat so we could enjoy fantastic and varied Olympic National Park scenery - thanks! Perfect cinematography and …those hilarious rainy tent scenes!
Love the video. So much better when Andrew is there to add his knowledge on the flora and fauna. Have to ask this, why is Robbie so obsessed with campsites,😂
The peninsula is so cool, love all of your content! You guys mentioned on the first night that you didn't have a ground cloth for one of your tents. If you want a really light/cheap one, go get a roll of polycro or tyvek from the hardware store and cut it to size. For ~$10 its super lightweight and keeps you warmer/dryer in wet conditions.
Thank you for finally visiting my state. I’ve been commenting on almost all your videos for the past year for you guys to. Really hope you come back and check out North Cascades & Mt. Rainier. Would be even better if you guys moved here lol.
I was excited to watch this video. I live in South Seattle and have hiked and visited Olympics many times. The tall bushes with red and blue berries are huckleberry. Blue berries grow close to ground and turn red/orange/gold in late summer,early fall.❤
Have you ever watched The Outdoors Boys? The father prepares some tasty food. Perhaps you don't eat enough food to give you strength. It is a beautiful park, thanks for taking us with you.
My mom asked me: why do you what ‘em? Well, I don’t think I‘ll ever climb/hike mountains like them. And I love watching nature videos (especially on sick leave).
You should find the closest mountain to you and check it out. That's how it starts. It doesn't matter where you are, you won't regret it. Just take some sort of self defense tool, if you can't get a friend to go with you and let a family member or friend know where you're going.
Raining here also as you hike, almost like being there, amazing trip there. Loved that strange tree growth. Now if my hoodie I ordered will arrive that would be awesome .
I've only just discovered the channel but it's giving me serious wanderlust. I cannot wait to get up into the Pacific Northwest, even just for a day hike! Thanks for the cozy vlog, I loved this.
I just love watching you guys - everything- even the silly ( at times😉) humour! I really enjoy - your history, informing us of growth, - all of it!!! Many thanks guys! 🤗
Oh my gosh. I'm a ranger out there hate i missed yall. So glad you finally made it out. I work in Sol duc and the high divide is just such an amazing trip.
Hey there, I’m going out there for the first time from June 19-26th. I’m guessing that’s too early to be able to do this hike? Would it be too early to do the Hurricane Hill to Hurricane Ridge hike?
@@patrickwestbender4418 June would be good for hurricane ridge. Over nighting on the High Divide in June is a bit sketchy (but doable) with the snow thats still up there!
@ Okay cool. I don’t mind sketchy as long as it’s passable with crampons. The High Divide looks like the most epic trail in the park to me. I also plan on doing Storm King, and am really hoping the Hoh rainforest is accessible by then. Not gonna hold my breath though. Thanks for the info!
Thank you for getting out there and doing it I've been a fan for years and recently lost my right foot from diabetes and let me tell you your videos are so great to watch feels like im out there with you guys! Thanks alot and may the force be with you.
I'm sorry about your foot. I hope things get better for you, and that you are able to still find some things in your life that you enjoy! PS- if you haven't heard of Yacon syrup, please check it out - its like molasses but made entirely of prebiotic fiber (from peruvian sweet potato), so it tastes like syrup, but has almost no sugar in it and doesnt affect your blood sugar. Helped my mom avoid an amputation!!! Best of luck!
Thank you for filming this! I did this hike years and years ago and have always wanted to show my family how amazing this trail is. We saw Black bears at almost that same exact spot lol. Don't think I could do this hike now lol. We went the other direction and did it in two nights. one at lunch lake one at heart lake. We had elk bugling right outside our tents on the first night and my buddy slept through it lol.
Great show guys we have been watching you for three years now it’s like so therapeutic the way you guys present the nature the music the message you convey awesome!! Thank you!!
Like always, thank you so much guys for this. Olympic is like an enchantment area that I loved visiting with my sister. You just brought back all memories, in typical adventure archive fashion, very beautiful and very peaceful. ❤❤
The colors were so vibrant in this video I wondered if maybe you'd bought a new camera but I think it's just the natural beauty of Olympic National Park. Thank you of such a spectacular hike into the clouds. Truly beautiful to see the lush scenery and your easy friendship.
hell of a rain experience! No matter how experienced we are I think most of us have experienced similar at some point. People who aren't into backpacking to much I found that is the key, the more comfortable the more enjoyable!
So awesome to see you gentlemen again! Its all been said here but...thank you for sharing. Things Pacific are near and dear to my heart...as are you! 🙏👍😎🇨🇦 (and those final breakfasts!!)😅 Stay AWESOME!!! 💝🕺🕺🕺🕺🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🍄🍄🍄🍄🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐
Thomas mentioned how it was the quietest place he's ever heard. Not sure how close you were to it, but there is a place in the park called "One Square Inch of Silence". Supposedly it's the quietest place in the contiguous US.
About those blueberries/huckleberries. I'm no botanist, but they're all huckleberries as far as what I know them by, or at least everyone in the hiking community calls them that here. There's one called "Oval-leaf huckleberry", also known as "oval-leaf blueberry", and that one has very oval shaped leaves that are smoother surfaced and have a lighter color (the leaves). Those are very tart and not so tasty. The berries also look very blue, with a strong bloom on the surface. I think its more appropriate IMO to call the oval-leaf huckle/blueberry a blueberry, not a huckleberry, because the huckleberries taste so much better and they have so much more complexity and sweetness to them (sweet and tart at the same time). The actual good huckleberries are the ones shown there in the alpine areas, though they can also grow in the mid montane elevations. One of those are called "mountain huckleberry" and the leaves look deeper green and have a sort of wavy-ness to them. The berries get much bigger than oval-leaf blueberry, they're much purpler, but they still have a bloom on the berry surface sometimes. The bushes can get tall, maybe 2-4 ft tall. The ones growing in the alpine areas in 1:14:12 you saw might not be "mountain huckleberry", but another kind though. I guess blueberry and huckleberry are used interchangeably by people, and I'm not sure if there is an actual difference though. Sometimes the oval leaf is also called a bilberry, even. But to me I've always known them all as huckleberries because of their distinct flavor from a blueberry (at least the ones I know them by, like ones sold in stores or plants sold in garden centers). Not an expert, but this is just what I've heard and read about them, at least what I recall reading. I don't know if there's an actual difference between a huckleberry and a blueberry. There's so many different huckleberry species around here. And yeah, the red huckleberry is also another one. It's also tasty and so much better tasting than the oval leaf one. Just not as good as the mountain huckleberry or other montane and alpine huckleberries (that aren't the oval-leaf one). The oval leaf huckleberry is just pure tart (by comparison). There's also the evergreen huckleberry that grows in the Oregon coast range, probably what Tillamook uses to make their huckleberry ice cream. Huckleberries are very different from blueberries in taste. To me, blueberries taste very same-y. Sweet, but boring in flavor and complexity. Huckleberries (the good ones) taste so sweet but also tart. And there's more complexity (sour-sweet). Huckleberry milkshakes are the best and so are huckleberry pie and crisp! :) Interestingly, huckleberries don't grow well in cultivation, which is why they haven't been successfully introduced to the market like blueberries have. So companies and people have to pick them from the wild. If you get anything made of huckleberries, it's probably made with actual wild-picked huckleberries, unless they're growing the evergreen huckleberry or the red huckleberry. Companies and restaurants buy up huckleberries from berry pickers who pick them in large quantities (with permits, only needed for picking massive amounts) to sell them. I have tried growing many different huckleberry species myself, almost all my mountain huckleberries died, with just two out of 9 alive. And they're slow growing. My oval leaf ones did fairly well and my evergreen and my red huckleberry plants have done amazingly. So only the red and evergreen huckleberries can really be easily grown at home. Evergreen huckleberry isn't as good as mountain huckleberry or the other alpine species though, as far as taste (and especially texture). They remind me of salal berries more. I think those bridges are sometimes built from nearby fallen logs, but I think most of those are helicoptered in or carried in by trail crews. I recognize that style of log bridge with railing as ones often flown in every summer to bridge some dangerous glacial creeks in some national parks like Mt Rainier. Though they have to fly those in every year to keep them from washing out every winter. I'm not sure about more permanent bridges like the one shown in the video you guys were wondering about.
I'm so happy you guys got to experience this area. I have lived in Oregon since mid 2001 from Florida. The PNW is by far the most magical camping, hiking and just exploring place ever.
I'm so glad y'all finally made it to the Pacific Northwest! I haven't been to many national parks but at the top of our list was Olympic National Park and we did that a little over a year ago we visited in April and we did the sol duc Falls hike and it was covered in snow! It was absolutely beautiful! We seen the trail that you guys did and wondered where it went I'm glad I know now! There's nowhere like the Pacific Northwest absolutely love it! Hope you all visit the other national parks in Washington soon I would love to see it through your lens!
That place always has felt like home to me. I feel blessed to of been able to see this episode and hope to one day return there again. Keep up the wonderful work, it is very healing!
Amazing! Spectacular scenery and those mushrooms! Wow!!!! Purple mushrooms! Magic mushrooms! Reindeer pee? You guys never fail to entertain and educate! Thank you so much! ❤️
It's soooo nice to see you guys out in our neck of the woods! Seeing your reaction to what we are all used to was super fun to watch! Makes us giggle a bit too because, hiking in this area is a crap shoot on weather, trail conditions, and experience in general depending on the season! As always, great content! Hope you come back to explore more in the pnw!
Got to watch half of this live last night, about to start the first half now. Your videos are always such a wonderful demonstration of friendship & nature. I spent 3 weeks in the PNW this summer. It's diversity can't be matched. Spent almost a week going up a foggy coast. A week of volcanoes with Rainer>Helens>Hood>Jefferson. Crater Lake the last weekend with some friends.
I've been hiking vicariously through your videos since Dolly Sods. They are amazingly shot, the music is just perfect, and you guys (singly, two, three or four of you - and sometimes Sierra!) are always entertaining. I had a chuckle this morning, as I found your Monongahela National Forest episode in my feed, and re-watched it. "Day 3 - 2 miles hiked". I guess those days are long gone, but for someone like me who aspires to get back on the trails, it was a great reminder to start small.
Ha the first time he called it a blueberry i was confused. Learning is a life long process. It is great to see you all and this is an incredibly beautiful forest.
After watching this awesome hike of yours, im craving so much to go out into nature! You capture the magic and beauty and hardships so perfectly! One of my favorite scenes - textbook serenity :D
First, I am so excited that you guys get to explore Washington. There is so much more to explore as well! Second, I did the Seven Lakes Basin Loop a couple of years ago, going counter-clockwise. We couldn't book the lunch lake campsite because it filled up so fast and glad you guys were able to! Our stops were deer lake and down by the river. So the second day was a brutal summit and descent. Hope you guys make it out to more Washington locations!
Yessss! So good to see y’all spending time in the Pacific Northwest! What a beautiful spot, too. Love the Olympic Peninsula 😍😍 I’ve been hoping y’all would make your way out to the PNW for some adventuring and archiving! Thanks for a sweet video full of beauty and silliness, as always. You guys are great. 😊 Also, Andrew; that I Think You Should Leave reference in the end credit shoutouts really got me 😆 Cheers~ looking forward to the next one. ✨
Another magical exploration of our beautiful forests. Olympia national park is a wonderland. Those red/yellow mushrooms my favorite. I call them my Alice in Wonderland fairy stools. My yard is full of them. Thank you for sharing and enjoying your respect and love for each other. Definitely agree about the tarp.
Watched all your videos, awesome job. Next time your in Southern Indiana, think about the Tecumseh Trail, 47 miles of awesomeness, and dont forget the trail known as the little AT, Knobstone trail in Southern Indiana. Keep on Hiking...
I like Thomas’s new shirt! Like I said earlier, had I known you all were coming to Seattle, I would’ve treated you to Dim Sum! Oh well. Loved the video. Never been to that rainforest; although I’ve lived here my whole life.
My husband and I have become avid fans. We found you while looking for content to watch while we walked on a treadmill. We are 73 and 73 next month. We used to hike when we were younger and very much miss the experiences. You guys have given us the wonder and awe we felt when we could do it. Keep on taking us with you to places we never went. Love you guys!
Seems like this video would be great to watch as you "hike" along on your treadmills. It's really great you can be active. I'll be 73 in March and like you I don't hike anymore. In my case, it's mostly because I can't get anyone to go with me and it's not good to go alone.
I can’t believe my wife and I have been watching you guys for 8 years now!! Can’t wait till we run into y’all one day. However we do most of our hiking in the east. Loved the video! Keep it up!
This park is my absolute favorite national park. I have long been wanting to head out there with my two now grown sons to hike the trails out there. the last time we were there, my now 19 and 21 year old were only 2 and 4 years old.Thanks for doing this episode. I haven’t been able to take the time to plan a path for trail hiking vs. what we did with them when they were little and just driving through and staying at the gorgeous old lodges there.
In 1968 my boy Scout troop did a 50 Miler that entered at Duckabush and came out at Sol Duc.
Thank you for another peek at the landscape.
Thanks for the two hour escape :)
I love how you guys talk about what is and isn’t edible on the trail
This is my 2nd video I've watched of you guys hiking. The first was the Grand Tetons hike. I have a couple of compliments, 1, your filming is so good, it really does feel like I'm with you guys on this adventure. I even got my wife watching with me. 2, you guys come across as very genuine and friendly people, again I told my wife "I would love to have friends like that and go on those adventures with them" Keep up the good work. Greetings from New Zealand.
AA: "Yo bear! Yo bear!"
Bears: "Stop calling us, we won't share our berries with you."
Plus, Olympic is black bears only, it's pretty chill, not much need to make your presence known unless you see a sign urging you to do so. I was more concerned by a signpost at the beginning of Lake Angeles Trailhead that said there had been a mountain lion attack as early as a month ago.
I've said yo bear in bear country and other hikers thought we saw a bear and I had to explain, lol
Probably the most stunning photographic piece that you all have done. Outstanding !
It's a delight as a local hiker from the PNW (Pacific Northwest) that your group made your way here! Being newcomers, I see my surroundings with fresh eyes as you find plants, trees, and mushrooms new to you, while pointing out and naming others I never knew the names to my whole life. Many thanks!
Thank you for the outstanding content. You guys are amazing!
Some very well done cinematography toward the vast biodiversity the park offers. Interestingly enough, some of mossy mushroom rich areas you have discovered during the first day of your journey to me were reminiscent of some creeks shores in Bald Eagle SF of central PA, but variety wise hands down Olympic National Park is on another level. Thank you for such a great video.
God i freaking love you guys THANK YOU for all the years of incredible memories and inspiration 🦾 Long Live Adventure Archives 💯
My husband and I love watching y’all. He refers to y’all as “Guys Walking Around in the Woods Eating Snacks. 😂 Thanks for another great adventure.
Beautiful video. Your friendship combined with how well you film the scenery and wildlife makes your videos my favorite. Looking forward to your next adventure 🍄
I really enjoy their campfire banter. This channel is definitely underrated!
I've watched so many of their videos, many of which show footage of trails I've been on in the Smokies, Glacier, Lost Coast, Sierras, etc etc. I live outside Olympic NP so it's cool seeing them hike a "local" trail.
Excellent cinematography! Well-done. You captured some beautiful shots of wild mushrooms and ferns and towering moss-covered trees.The Pacific northwest is truly a spectacular place. A unique ecosystem in the continental US.
Thanks!
Wow! Thanks so much for your Super Thanks! Your support means so much to us!
Like something out of a fairytale. Awesome. Thanks for your rain suffering. That made for a magical forest👍
You braved grueling steep trails, rain and heat so we could enjoy fantastic and varied Olympic National Park scenery - thanks! Perfect cinematography and …those hilarious rainy tent scenes!
Love the video. So much better when Andrew is there to add his knowledge on the flora and fauna. Have to ask this, why is Robbie so obsessed with campsites,😂
The peninsula is so cool, love all of your content!
You guys mentioned on the first night that you didn't have a ground cloth for one of your tents. If you want a really light/cheap one, go get a roll of polycro or tyvek from the hardware store and cut it to size. For ~$10 its super lightweight and keeps you warmer/dryer in wet conditions.
Thank you for finally visiting my state. I’ve been commenting on almost all your videos for the past year for you guys to. Really hope you come back and check out North Cascades & Mt. Rainier. Would be even better if you guys moved here lol.
Andrew was on an absolute roll with all the fun facts! I get invested in all the descriptions everytime lol
Your videos are always so beautiful. You are so lucky to have each other to hike with in these beautiful places.
I’ve watched almost every Adventure Archives video and without question this is the most beautiful place I’ve ever seen y’all hike
Breathtaking. Hope you made it to the coast.
Love the way you transitioned the plane sound into the music. Spot on cinema.
I was excited to watch this video. I live in South Seattle and have hiked and visited Olympics many times. The tall bushes with red and blue berries are huckleberry. Blue berries grow close to ground and turn red/orange/gold in late summer,early fall.❤
Loving the closeups of amazing mushrooms...
Have you ever watched The Outdoors Boys? The father prepares some tasty food. Perhaps you don't eat enough food to give you strength. It is a beautiful park, thanks for taking us with you.
My mom asked me: why do you what ‘em? Well, I don’t think I‘ll ever climb/hike mountains like them. And I love watching nature videos (especially on sick leave).
You should find the closest mountain to you and check it out. That's how it starts. It doesn't matter where you are, you won't regret it. Just take some sort of self defense tool, if you can't get a friend to go with you and let a family member or friend know where you're going.
Raining here also as you hike, almost like being there, amazing trip there. Loved that strange tree growth. Now if my hoodie I ordered will arrive that would be awesome .
This is my favorite place on the planet
25 seconds in and the picture quality is amazing so far!
I've only just discovered the channel but it's giving me serious wanderlust. I cannot wait to get up into the Pacific Northwest, even just for a day hike!
Thanks for the cozy vlog, I loved this.
I just love watching you guys - everything- even the silly ( at times😉) humour! I really enjoy - your history, informing us of growth, - all of it!!! Many thanks guys! 🤗
Oh my gosh. I'm a ranger out there hate i missed yall. So glad you finally made it out. I work in Sol duc and the high divide is just such an amazing trip.
Hey there, I’m going out there for the first time from June 19-26th. I’m guessing that’s too early to be able to do this hike? Would it be too early to do the Hurricane Hill to Hurricane Ridge hike?
@@patrickwestbender4418 June would be good for hurricane ridge. Over nighting on the High Divide in June is a bit sketchy (but doable) with the snow thats still up there!
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Okay cool. I don’t mind sketchy as long as it’s passable with crampons. The High Divide looks like the most epic trail in the park to me. I also plan on doing Storm King, and am really hoping the Hoh rainforest is accessible by then. Not gonna hold my breath though. Thanks for the info!
Thank you for getting out there and doing it I've been a fan for years and recently lost my right foot from diabetes and let me tell you your videos are so great to watch feels like im out there with you guys! Thanks alot and may the force be with you.
Me too. Difficult walking for this former Northern California resident but your beautiful videos help me relive my hiking days
I'm sorry about your foot. I hope things get better for you, and that you are able to still find some things in your life that you enjoy! PS- if you haven't heard of Yacon syrup, please check it out - its like molasses but made entirely of prebiotic fiber (from peruvian sweet potato), so it tastes like syrup, but has almost no sugar in it and doesnt affect your blood sugar. Helped my mom avoid an amputation!!! Best of luck!
What an amazing location, and your filming is, as always, second to none! Loved it!
this hike has the best scenery out of all your trips!
Thank you for filming this! I did this hike years and years ago and have always wanted to show my family how amazing this trail is. We saw Black bears at almost that same exact spot lol. Don't think I could do this hike now lol. We went the other direction and did it in two nights. one at lunch lake one at heart lake. We had elk bugling right outside our tents on the first night and my buddy slept through it lol.
Great show guys we have been watching you for three years now it’s like so therapeutic the way you guys present the nature the music the message you convey awesome!! Thank you!!
Best outdoor adventure channel on the tube. Love to learn the flora and over all ecosystem. This video is of my favorite National Park in the States.
Like always, thank you so much guys for this. Olympic is like an enchantment area that I loved visiting with my sister. You just brought back all memories, in typical adventure archive fashion, very beautiful and very peaceful. ❤❤
We truly enjoy watching each of you! Thank you for sharing your experiences with us all! Enjoy the moments!
Stunning scenery 👌🏼 😍 America is beautiful.
Watching in Australia 🇦🇺 thank you guys, love your channel 😘
This national park is so picturesque! Glad to see the adventure 4 in another hike together!
So happy you are making videos again. The combination of the 4 of you and the amazing scenery are so good to watch ❤
You guys are the best! Thanks
for this stunningly
gorgeous video 😃🙏!!
The colors were so vibrant in this video I wondered if maybe you'd bought a new camera but I think it's just the natural beauty of Olympic National Park. Thank you of such a spectacular hike into the clouds. Truly beautiful to see the lush scenery and your easy friendship.
Love how you talk about the environment and vegetation all around! 💯 Thanks for sharing 😀🙂
The scenery thru this whole episode was just incredible. Thanks for sharing it with us.
hell of a rain experience! No matter how experienced we are I think most of us have experienced similar at some point. People who aren't into backpacking to much I found that is the key, the more comfortable the more enjoyable!
This was outstanding, guys. Thanks for sharing this!
So awesome to see you gentlemen again! Its all been said here but...thank you for sharing. Things Pacific are near and dear to my heart...as are you! 🙏👍😎🇨🇦 (and those final breakfasts!!)😅 Stay AWESOME!!! 💝🕺🕺🕺🕺🐻🐻🐻🐻🐻🍄🍄🍄🍄🫐🫐🫐🫐🫐
We appreciate your hard work on the hiking, the videography, and the editing!
I think of all the places you have been it's the most beautiful ❤ thanks😊
Stunning! My dream hike while hiking West Coast. Thank you for such a great adventure. Enjoyed watching this gorgeous video❤
Thomas mentioned how it was the quietest place he's ever heard. Not sure how close you were to it, but there is a place in the park called "One Square Inch of Silence". Supposedly it's the quietest place in the contiguous US.
Amazing photography gentleman. Absolutely stunning and a fabulous video. Congrats to all four of you. Absolutely fabulous.
My 1 year old loves your videos! Thank you guys for the great videos!
About those blueberries/huckleberries. I'm no botanist, but they're all huckleberries as far as what I know them by, or at least everyone in the hiking community calls them that here. There's one called "Oval-leaf huckleberry", also known as "oval-leaf blueberry", and that one has very oval shaped leaves that are smoother surfaced and have a lighter color (the leaves). Those are very tart and not so tasty. The berries also look very blue, with a strong bloom on the surface. I think its more appropriate IMO to call the oval-leaf huckle/blueberry a blueberry, not a huckleberry, because the huckleberries taste so much better and they have so much more complexity and sweetness to them (sweet and tart at the same time). The actual good huckleberries are the ones shown there in the alpine areas, though they can also grow in the mid montane elevations. One of those are called "mountain huckleberry" and the leaves look deeper green and have a sort of wavy-ness to them. The berries get much bigger than oval-leaf blueberry, they're much purpler, but they still have a bloom on the berry surface sometimes. The bushes can get tall, maybe 2-4 ft tall. The ones growing in the alpine areas in 1:14:12 you saw might not be "mountain huckleberry", but another kind though. I guess blueberry and huckleberry are used interchangeably by people, and I'm not sure if there is an actual difference though. Sometimes the oval leaf is also called a bilberry, even. But to me I've always known them all as huckleberries because of their distinct flavor from a blueberry (at least the ones I know them by, like ones sold in stores or plants sold in garden centers). Not an expert, but this is just what I've heard and read about them, at least what I recall reading. I don't know if there's an actual difference between a huckleberry and a blueberry.
There's so many different huckleberry species around here. And yeah, the red huckleberry is also another one. It's also tasty and so much better tasting than the oval leaf one. Just not as good as the mountain huckleberry or other montane and alpine huckleberries (that aren't the oval-leaf one). The oval leaf huckleberry is just pure tart (by comparison). There's also the evergreen huckleberry that grows in the Oregon coast range, probably what Tillamook uses to make their huckleberry ice cream. Huckleberries are very different from blueberries in taste. To me, blueberries taste very same-y. Sweet, but boring in flavor and complexity. Huckleberries (the good ones) taste so sweet but also tart. And there's more complexity (sour-sweet). Huckleberry milkshakes are the best and so are huckleberry pie and crisp! :)
Interestingly, huckleberries don't grow well in cultivation, which is why they haven't been successfully introduced to the market like blueberries have. So companies and people have to pick them from the wild. If you get anything made of huckleberries, it's probably made with actual wild-picked huckleberries, unless they're growing the evergreen huckleberry or the red huckleberry. Companies and restaurants buy up huckleberries from berry pickers who pick them in large quantities (with permits, only needed for picking massive amounts) to sell them. I have tried growing many different huckleberry species myself, almost all my mountain huckleberries died, with just two out of 9 alive. And they're slow growing. My oval leaf ones did fairly well and my evergreen and my red huckleberry plants have done amazingly. So only the red and evergreen huckleberries can really be easily grown at home. Evergreen huckleberry isn't as good as mountain huckleberry or the other alpine species though, as far as taste (and especially texture). They remind me of salal berries more.
I think those bridges are sometimes built from nearby fallen logs, but I think most of those are helicoptered in or carried in by trail crews. I recognize that style of log bridge with railing as ones often flown in every summer to bridge some dangerous glacial creeks in some national parks like Mt Rainier. Though they have to fly those in every year to keep them from washing out every winter. I'm not sure about more permanent bridges like the one shown in the video you guys were wondering about.
Incredible episode. Thank you❤
Spectacular landscape and beautifully shot guys! An adventure worth multiple watches! 👍
I'm so happy you guys got to experience this area. I have lived in Oregon since mid 2001 from Florida. The PNW is by far the most magical camping, hiking and just exploring place ever.
I'm so glad y'all finally made it to the Pacific Northwest! I haven't been to many national parks but at the top of our list was Olympic National Park and we did that a little over a year ago we visited in April and we did the sol duc Falls hike and it was covered in snow! It was absolutely beautiful! We seen the trail that you guys did and wondered where it went I'm glad I know now! There's nowhere like the Pacific Northwest absolutely love it!
Hope you all visit the other national parks in Washington soon I would love to see it through your lens!
❤ awesome people and filming… and real bears, and blueberries everywhere….
Really Enjoy your Show Adventure Archive such a Great and fantastic show great to see the different places ya Guys visit
Thank you!!
Loved watching you guys hike the trail and absolutely enjoyed the narration ! I look forward to the next adventure of yours.
The Olympic Peninsula is my front yard. Glad you got to experience it.
That park is one of my favorite places in the entire world. Its also one of the first big parks I ever went to. Great to see yall enjoyed it!
Amazing!! I moved to the Peninsula 2 years ago and that hike is a definite goal. ❤
42:01 Thomas, you never cease to amaze. Loved the video!
That place always has felt like home to me. I feel blessed to of been able to see this episode and hope to one day return there again. Keep up the wonderful work, it is very healing!
I can’t tell you how much I love y’all for making these videos
What a breathtaking hike!!! Thank you for sharing all this majestic beauty with us!!! Love your videos ❤
Amazing! Spectacular scenery and those mushrooms! Wow!!!! Purple mushrooms! Magic mushrooms! Reindeer pee? You guys never fail to entertain and educate! Thank you so much! ❤️
I’m ecstatic that you came to PNW. Lush and beautiful. Thank you!!! I enjoy your adventures and always watch when you have new uploads.
It's soooo nice to see you guys out in our neck of the woods! Seeing your reaction to what we are all used to was super fun to watch! Makes us giggle a bit too because, hiking in this area is a crap shoot on weather, trail conditions, and experience in general depending on the season! As always, great content! Hope you come back to explore more in the pnw!
Got to watch half of this live last night, about to start the first half now.
Your videos are always such a wonderful demonstration of friendship & nature.
I spent 3 weeks in the PNW this summer. It's diversity can't be matched.
Spent almost a week going up a foggy coast. A week of volcanoes with Rainer>Helens>Hood>Jefferson. Crater Lake the last weekend with some friends.
Amazing views. So many blueberries 🫐
I've been hiking vicariously through your videos since Dolly Sods. They are amazingly shot, the music is just perfect, and you guys (singly, two, three or four of you - and sometimes Sierra!) are always entertaining. I had a chuckle this morning, as I found your Monongahela National Forest episode in my feed, and re-watched it. "Day 3 - 2 miles hiked". I guess those days are long gone, but for someone like me who aspires to get back on the trails, it was a great reminder to start small.
Ha the first time he called it a blueberry i was confused. Learning is a life long process. It is great to see you all and this is an incredibly beautiful forest.
After watching this awesome hike of yours, im craving so much to go out into nature! You capture the magic and beauty and hardships so perfectly! One of my favorite scenes - textbook serenity :D
First, I am so excited that you guys get to explore Washington. There is so much more to explore as well! Second, I did the Seven Lakes Basin Loop a couple of years ago, going counter-clockwise. We couldn't book the lunch lake campsite because it filled up so fast and glad you guys were able to! Our stops were deer lake and down by the river. So the second day was a brutal summit and descent. Hope you guys make it out to more Washington locations!
Amazing scenery! Thank you for sharing
Why are the skits at the end becoming my favorite part of each video
Yessss! So good to see y’all spending time in the Pacific Northwest! What a beautiful spot, too. Love the Olympic Peninsula 😍😍
I’ve been hoping y’all would make your way out to the PNW for some adventuring and archiving!
Thanks for a sweet video full of beauty and silliness, as always. You guys are great. 😊
Also, Andrew; that I Think You Should Leave reference in the end credit shoutouts really got me 😆
Cheers~ looking forward to the next one. ✨
Beautiful views. Love the video.
Nice! I’ve yet to do a multi day backpack in Olympic but soon!! This looks great
nice job with the 25 push ups, brian!
Welcome to my home state! Watching from Bellingham Wa 🙂
Hi 👋🏻 from Nooksack a
Another magical exploration of our beautiful forests. Olympia national park is a wonderland. Those red/yellow mushrooms my favorite. I call them my Alice in Wonderland fairy stools. My yard is full of them. Thank you for sharing and enjoying your respect and love for each other. Definitely agree about the tarp.
That forest was enchanting and magical.. unique
Watched all your videos, awesome job. Next time your in Southern Indiana, think about the Tecumseh Trail, 47 miles of awesomeness, and dont forget the trail known as the little AT, Knobstone trail in Southern Indiana. Keep on Hiking...
Big fan here in upstate South Carolina. It’s past time for you guys to come through hike the gem of the southeast- our foothills trail.
Great trip report. I've hiked this trail. It was good to revisit it through your lens.
I like Thomas’s new shirt!
Like I said earlier, had I known you all were coming to Seattle, I would’ve treated you to Dim Sum! Oh well. Loved the video. Never been to that rainforest; although I’ve lived here my whole life.
Really liked when thomas got “let off his leash” 😂 so funny
Always happy to see you all adventuring together. :)