In early March of 2025, my friend and I took an all public transit trip around the Olympic Peninsula. We departed Seattle on the Sound Transit 594 to Lakewood at 6 AM. At Lakewood, we had about a twenty minute layover until we took the 620 to Olympia.

From Olympia we took the Grays Harbor Transit 40 to Aberdeen. This stretch is where we start seeing some nice scenary, though nothing compared with what was to come. After a thirty minute layover in a chily Aberdeen, punctuated by exploring the warmth of a nearby store, we got on the bus once again. This time, it was the Grays Harbor route 50 that we took north, heading into the peninsula proper. All along the way, the scenary grew in grandeur and beauty, culminating at the end of the route with a short deviation along the south side of Lake Quinault. This was rainforest territory, with much in the way of mosses and ferns, with the spectacular Olympics all around.

Our next transfer was at Amanda Park, again with a layover. Besides being able to look at the mountains all around, the air smelled incredibly fresh.

Jefferson Transit's Olympic Connection took us first northwest to the ocean, then north along the ocean for some distance, before finally turning northeast to head to Fife.