This past June, (2007) several members of my family met in Washington to tour the outer edge of Olympic National Park. The park is so vast, that you need to be a dedicated hiker to pierce the interior and really see the park. Our group this year consisted of 3 generations spanning the ages of 12 to the late 60s. We chose to stick together and explore as much as we could all reasonably access. We all met at the exceptional Sunset Marine Resort just about 6 miles east of the small town of Sequim (pronounced Squim) on the northern border [View Full Entry]

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Rachel & Everyone: Thanks for the info. Lake Crescent is just a little north so I don't think we will stay there since we already did our Lodge nights (but we could camp nearby). But we'd appreciate any suggestions on places to visit or stay on the Oregon coast. We'll be doing several days along the ocean when we turn around later this week. We don't have a book yet but we may buy one. Especially we'd like another nice lodge type deal to hang out a couple of days (2 or 3) so bring on your ideas. ALAN, this seems [View Full Entry]

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Leaving the lovely Lake Quinault Lodge. Just adding a few pics to get you all through the next few days until you hear from us again. We miss you John. Not too late to quit the job (or call in sick for a week) and meet us in Yosemite. Just throwing that out there. No correct answers on the last trivia question, but Betsy Whaley gets the bonus question prize (a lesser prize, but still a prize). Hops was the correct answer (ingredient in Jim’s favorite drink and a nice potpourri). Again, just to clarify the last question, we met some [View Full Entry]

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Well, after reading Squirrel's blog I guess the trip is about over. Who knew! Here are some quotes from the trip: “It’s warmer here because we’re closer to the sun.” Dennis, our campground neighbor in Yellowstone explaining why it was so hot. He also said, “I can’t go to bed until I count 10 stars,” then proceeded to count them. When asked about the weather forecast, the young girl working at the forest service office in Sheridan, WY looked out the window and said, “Yeah, it might rain later.” Our camp host at Indian Trees campground in Montana told us we [View Full Entry]

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070823 Hoh Rainforest, Olympic National Park, Washington After leaving Seattle I drove about 45 minutes south to Sumner Washington where my friend and co-worker Bryan grew up. I crashed at his dad’s apartment which was empty at the moment. While there I waterproofed my tent because it wasn’t very waterproof when it rained in Yellowstone. We pretty much relaxed all day, watched movies, did some laundry (since both of us are nomads we wash laundry when we can), and did general upkeep on our gear, like waterproofing, sharpening knives, whatever. I was thinking about going to Mt Rainer for a day [View Full Entry]

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