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.<\/p>\n
That northwestern US state is known for its rainy weather.<\/strong> 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<\/strong> has the rainiest place in the United States: the Olympic Peninsula<\/strong>, 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<\/strong>, 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.<\/p>\n 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<\/strong> (less than La Rioja, which is the least populated region in Spain).<\/p>\n The Olympic Peninsula seems like an ideal place for those of us who love temperate climates and sparsely populated areas.<\/strong> You can see for yourself by watching an excellent video published a few months ago by photographer Kyle Kotajarvi<\/a>, 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:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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