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On Washington state's remote and wooded Olympic Peninsula, major commotion is usually limited to a log tumbling off an overloaded lumber truck.

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Border patrol boredom?updated: Tue Sep 06 2011 11:26:00

CNN's Patrick Oppmann reports on a remote Border Patrol station that one agent describes as a "black hole."

West Coast solo trip opens driver's soulupdated: Mon Sep 29 2008 14:46:00

Taking a road trip by yourself can be good for the soul. The freedom and beauty of the open road on a recent trip in the Pacific Northwest and California brought me back to what is really important in life.

Summer escape: Olympic National Park, Washingtonupdated: Mon Apr 24 2006 11:35:00

Under blue skies in mild summer temperatures you reap the benefits of months of rain and dampness -- lush moss gardens, towering cedar groves, warm beaches crazy wildflowers. Olympic National Park also offers the variety-pack of life zones: wilderness beaches wild with salt spray, rocky headlands and scattered sea stacks; temperate rain forests with more shades of green than a Crayola factory; high mountain spines at Hurricane Ridge; and even glaciers in the high alpine zone.

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