Here’s a view of the Lake Quinault Lodge boathouse. Basic and dog friendly, with a killer porch.
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More from out west
It rains a lot out west…on average, over 120 inches a year. We arrived during a short dry spell that allowed this misty view of the mountains around Lake Quinault.
Because we brought our four-legged pal with us we stayed in the old boathouse, a low slung building with wide porches, a great lake viewing area, and easy access to leashed wanderings for the furry one.
Out west
Around here when people head to coastal Washington they often say they’ve gone “out west,” which, of course, is the direction you go when you drive toward the Pacific Ocean.
This week we went out west, to Lake Quinault, which is located in the Quinault rainforest. It’s a three hour drive from Sequim. Theoretically that could be a day trip but we took advantage of a winter visitor’s package at the Lake Quinault Lodge to celebrate DH’s birthday. This is the lodge, which was built in 1926.
The Lodge was designed by Robert Reamer, the same architect who designed the Old Faithful Inn. Both hotels have a classic rustic feel. The Old Faithful Inn is built with massive logs and an alpine style. The Lake Quinault Lodge has a somewhat lighter, graceful look to it but it still has a strong sense of the great outdoors.
Literature for the Lodge uses a slogan, “The Rest Comes Easy.” Judging by the pace we saw inside and out that seems to be the case.