WEEKEND: Clallam County Historical Society director to speak at Adventure Talk

NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, July 26.

PORT ANGELES — Kathy Monds, Clallam County Historical Society director, will make a presentation at the Basecamp Adventure Talk series at the Red Lion Hotel from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. tonight.

The series will continue at the hotel at 221 N. Lincoln St. through August.

The Red Lion launched the series of free talks — 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. each Friday — to showcase outdoor activities and locations that can be explored on the Olympic Peninsula throughout the summer.

Speakers include ecologists, tour guides, storytellers, filmmakers, historians, anglers and mountaineers.

Light hors d’oeuvres will be served, and Happy Hour “Basecamp” drink specials will be offered.

The schedule for August Basecamp Adventure Talks is:

■ Pat Neal, fishing guide and Peninsula Daily News columnist, will discuss “Year-round Fishing on the Olympic Peninsula” on Aug. 2.

■ Tyler Reid, operator of Pacific Alpine Guides, will present “Mountaineering on the Olympic Peninsula” on Aug. 9.

■ Tammy Harmon and Terry Messenger of Expeditions Northwest will present “Navigating the Strait of Juan de Fuca” on Aug. 16.

■ John Gussman and Jessica Plumb, makers of the film “The Return of the River,” will present “The Elwha Dam Removal and the Restoration of the River” and Ian Miller of Washington Sea Grant will present “Coastnerd” on Aug. 23.

■ Mary Brelsford, communications manager of the Olympic Peninsula Visitor Bureau, will present “Year-Round Tourism on the Peninsula” on Aug. 30.

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