Synopses & Reviews
Author and Washington native Jeff Burlingame knows the best ways to enjoy the Olympic Peninsula, from strolling through the subalpine meadows and temperate rain forests of Olympic National Park to soaking and swimming at Sol Duc Hot Springs. Burlingame offers unique strategies so travelers can organize their trips around specific time restrictions and interests, such as A Long Weekend, Seven Days of Highlights, andand#151;for Stephenie Meyer fansand#151;Three Days of Twilight. With details on touring small towns, exploring the coast, and getting lost in nature,
Moon Olympic Peninsula gives travelers the tools they need to create a more personal and memorable experience.
About the Author
Jeff Burlingame was born at Grays Harbor Community Hospital in Aberdeen, Washington, a town nicknamed The Gateway to the Olympic Peninsula.” That gate was swung open for him the moment he was born: he went with his dad to work in the Peninsulas then-full forests, fished the Clearwater, Humptulips, Queets, Quinault, and Wynoochee rivers, hiked the 14-mile-roundtrip to the top of Colonel Bob Mountain, took day treks with family to the small town of Forks, and witnessed the most beautiful view of the Pacific Ocean there is from a cliff in La Push.
Today, Jeff lives forty minutes from one of the eastern gateways to the Olympic Peninsula. His current location has allowed him to explore the eastern side of the Peninsula more than he ever had before, spending warm summer days at a friends cabin at Lake Cushman, taking day trips to the Victorian-inspired city of Port Townsend, and biking the long Olympic Discovery Trail.
Jeff spent nine years working as a reporter and an editor at The Daily World, the largest newspaper on the Washington State coast. He is currently a full-time author who has written nearly twenty books on a variety of subjects, won several awards, appeared on national television, lectured at journalism conventions, and spoken at his state Capitol. He has also owned and operated a small public relations firm, written for several regional and national publications, and worn pages out of guidebooks during his travels across the United States.