One fun aspect of the cam is that you can actually drive right up and park next to the little tree located in the foreground. You’ll sometimes see people parked there enjoying the view–particularly during the frequently stunning sunsets.
Another thing worth highlighting is the clear view of the Quillayute River navigational channel–which basically runs perpendicular to the shoreline–at the bottom of the image.So, for example, you may occasionally see fishing vessels, or USCG vessels based at U.S. Coast Guard Station Quillayute River, returning from sea, entering the channel at the bottom left of the screen, crossing horizontally at the bottom of the screen to the right and traveling between the breakwater (the breakwater is pretty obvious at low tide, but, at high tide, looks like some rocks in a horizontal line just above the bottom right corner of the image) into the marina (which is located to the right of the image shown). It’s difficult to explain, but, hopefully, makes much more sense after you actually see vessel traffic in the channel or view the scene at low tide.
A couple of brief technical notes: The reflections you sometimes see are the lights in the room. We may decide to turn the cam “off” (so you see a black screen) during these times, but, for now, you will just see some reflections when it is “night” here. The image itself is only available during daylight hours, Forks (PST–same as LAX) time. Also, the image updates every 30 seconds or so. You must “refresh” your screen to see the updated image.
We want to extend a big-time thanks to the all-volunteer effort that led to our “view to the west.” Special thanks go out to the Quileute Tribal Council; Frank Hanson, Superintendent of the Quileute Tribal School; the QTS faculty and staff for putting up with us on a daily basis; the Forks Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors; computer expert Chris Ford (check out Chris’s Search Forks website) and CenturyTel area supervisor, Dave Luchini. Chris and Dave did all of the technical work associated with establishing the webcam. The webcam was made possible, in part, due to the generous financial support of CenturyTel. Thanks to everyone for making this happen!!