Lochaerie Resort

Thoughts from Tom – The début of our new web site corresponds with the end of our first year in the newly remodeled / rebuilt house here on the property. Still lots of details to complete, but the piles of debris and construction materials are gone as is the construction noise. The exterior is weather tight and it does look so much more like the house of the 1930s than the rotten bat infested structure that we came upon more than 30 years ago. Chris and I are so excited to have reinvented ourselves and now have the opportunity to live and work here in the Quinault community.

Thoughts from Chris – This has been quite a summer and fall for wild life sightings. Black bears have been spotted almost every day by guests and neighbors.  We have an apple tree behind the garage that has done very well this year. I’ve just been waiting for the apples to get just a little bit riper before I picked them.  When I got up this morning I saw that someone had beaten me to it! We went out to assess the damage and ambling up the road was a young black bear!  A little later this morning, we saw him again, this time heading  down the road past the house. He took off through a neighbor’s yard heading for the lake. That rascal!

Thoughts from Chris – After a number of weeks of warm sunny weather, toward the end of September, the weather decided to remind us that we actually do live in the rain forest. We got 3 inches of rain in less than 48 hours and because of the flow from the river and streams, the lake rose more than 4 feet. We had to move all of the boats and, as you can see, the chairs to higher ground. It could be kind of fun to sit in those chairs if only the water were a tad warmer!

From Cabin Ellinor’s Journal – Two nights are way too few to spend at a beautiful place like this! Kayaking on the lake in the sunshine, hiking in the forest and seeing elk close up! And still we feel like we have so much more to discover! We will keep Ellinor, Lake Quinault and Olympic in best memory and hope to return for a longer stay!

From Cabin Ellinor’s Journal – We began our journey from Durhan, OR on Wednesday 18th and traveled up and around the Olympic Peninsula seeing everything we could while camping. Port Townsend, Hurricane Ridge, Sul doc Falls, Rialto Beach, Forks (Twilight Land here), Hoh Forest, etc. it was amazing.

Then we landed here at Ellinor and our trip only got better (and not just because we had showers and a bed to stay in). This cabin has it all! A view, a porch to soak the sun up on, cozy warm atmosphere, so perfect for my husband and I. Exactly what we wanted!

Then we explored. We checked out the North and South side, ate some good food. The Best part had to be when we went hiking. We saw several deer (even on the trail they didn’t run from us, we got to walk right by them. Then we also saw two different Elk herds and we were so lucky to have had three black bear sightings in the fields! Talk about awesome!

So now it’s Sunday and we’re heading home after a fabulous trip.

Thank you Ellinor for adding to our grand memories we will be sure to visit again.

From  Cabin Storm King’s Journal – This is our first visit to the Quinault Rainforest and it has been an amazing trip so far. On our journey around the lake we saw an abundance of wildlife including a herd of magnificent elk. This place is a photographer’s paradise! We went down by the lake the first night of our stay and heard something very large splashing around – either a really big fish or . . . ? the Quinault sea creature? Can’t wait to revisit this truly magical place! Oh and we had a riot with the board game – “Worst Case Scenario”!