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The ‘Northwest’ Pacific Northwest Vol. 15, Chap. 5, Part 2 – The Rain?

The Olympic Mountains rise up sharply from the turbulent shores of the Pacific Ocean. As storms rush in off the ocean clouds are forced up against the mountains and the result is that torrents of rain are dropped on the western slopes.  Much of the northern coast is so rugged that it is inaccessible to […]