Olympic Peninsula, a magical route through one of the rainiest places in the United States

The USA is a vast country with diverse landscapes and climates. One of the areas most similar to my homeland, Galicia, is in Washington state.

Touring the locations of the famous running from the movie 'Forrest Gump'
A mysterious road stretching almost 80 km across the Mojave Desert in a straight line

That northwestern US state is known for its rainy weather. To be honest, that state gets the credit, but in the US, the rainiest state is Hawaii, and among the continental states, it's Louisiana. However, Washington has the rainiest place in the United States: the Olympic Peninsula, located at the westernmost tip of the state, on the shores of the Pacific Ocean and south of Canada. This place owes its name to the British explorer John Meares, who in 1778 christened the peninsula's highest mountain range "Mount Olympus," believing its imposing appearance would make it an ideal home for the gods of Greek mythology.

It is a very large area, with 9,300 square kilometers (it is larger than the Community of Madrid), but with few inhabitants: about 250,000 (less than La Rioja, which is the least populated region in Spain).

The Olympic Peninsula seems like an ideal place for those of us who love temperate climates and sparsely populated areas. You can see for yourself by watching an excellent video published a few months ago by photographer Kyle Kotajarvi, originally from Minnesota, who moved to Seattle, Washington's most populous city, in 2015. He has masterfully captured the solitary and humid beauty of this area:

You can see some screenshots from this magnificent video here, as a preview. My congratulations to its creator, I loved it.

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Imágenes: Kyle Kotajarvi.