A serene coast offering the snowcapped Olympic Mountains as a backdrop is one of the little-known attractions of Washington. The 62-mile-long Hood Canal on the eastern side of the mountains impresses visitors with its stillness, interrupted only by the sounds of raven, seal and eagle.
Washington's best-kept secret is a peaceful fjord on the eastern flank of the Olympics
When George Vancouver sailed into Hood Canal in the spring of 1792, wild rhododendrons and dogwoods dappled forest edges ...