One of the most picturesque areas in the Olympic Peninsula is at La Push, Washington, on the Quillayate Indian Reservation. Completely surrounded by the Olympic National Park, it is the land of the quiet Quillayate, Quinnault and Hoh Indian tribes. Out of cedar logs, at least 25-30 feet long, they make their seaworthy canoes by hand with hand-carved prows. In the days gone by they used paddles, but today they go zipping along with outboard motors on the stern. At the mouth of the Quillayate River is James Island (183 feet altitude) where the Indians are buried. Off shore, about a mile, are the attractively sheped Needle Islands which I like to use as background in my paintings. Nearby is a logging town-Forks, Utah--where three rivers meet, all draining from the western slopes of the mountains. The whole area is deeply forested. Some regions are like a tropical jungle with heavy mosses hanging. The Air Force patrols the coast along this area.