This weekend's camping trip in the Olympic National Park was as well planned as any of our vacations - which is to say we winged the majority of it! I needed a break from the hordes of patients that I've been seeing, so Catherine indulged me on a last minute plea to get away for a couple of days. She cancelled some kid-related functions, and Friday morning we got out early to beat the mad rush for camping sites.
We totally lucked out, the Fairholme campsites on the western edge of Lake Crescent were still pretty open when we got there, but it was a packed house later that night. We got our tent set up, and then went out to do some exploring/hiking. For Friday afternoon, that meant a short hike up to Marymere Falls. The kids had a nice enough time taking turns leading the way for the hike there.
The photo below is from out campsite. Yes, the tent really is leaning like that. We had to get the inflatable mattresses lined up so that our feet were all downhill, which was a mildly difficult task.
Saturday was a day to explore the western edge of the park. We drove to Sol Duc to see the rainforest and the waterfalls. I'd been here before, and the walk to Sol Duc Falls is very nice. You don't do much up or down hill walking, and the falls are quite striking. The photo below is just some random stream with a nice bridge over it along the way.
Ian had a bit of a meltdown, and didn't want to get his picture taken in this photo. I didn't notice the rainbow inline with the bridge when I took this photo, but you'll notice my pot o' gold standing at the end of the rainbow!
Enjoy your Memorial Day everybody!
Cheers,
Marc
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