Discovering Lake Crescent Lodge

Lake Crescent in Olympic National Park (Photo by Gerry Barker)

By GERRY BARKER

As our ship, American Constellation, eases into Port Angeles harbor, it’s like we’re docking in a post card. Rising majestically on the horizon are the Olympic Mountains, framing the picturesque town below. It’s easy to see why the Spanish explorer who discovered the area named the harbor, “The Port of Our Lady of the Angels,” which later became Port Angeles.

There’s much to see and do in this region, and as part of a 10-night, Grand Puget Sound cruise on American

Cruise Lines, we’ll spend two days here. One day is devoted to seeing Butchart Gardens in Victoria, British Columbia. For the other, we are taking an excursion to Lake Crescent Lodge in Olympic National Park.
If you love the outdoors, and the natural beauty you can find in America’s national parks, this is your kind of travel.

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