A Rainy Adventure

The rain came sometime in the night and was still raining when we got up. It continued to rain, but we only had Wednesday for the day trip we planned. So the rain wasn’t going to stop us.

A little before 11:00 we left for an early lunch at the local Chinese Restaurant. Afterwards we started out for what would be an appropriate adventure for a rainy day…and that was to

The Hoh Rain Forest which was located only about 12 miles out of Forks. However, when we traveled the 12 miles and turned on

to the road to the park, we found the it was another 12 miles to the park entrance. Along the way we stopped to look at

the river….

the elk…and

a really big tree. We finally made it to

the visitor center. We stopped in to get our passport books stamped and then

adorned in our raingear and camera covered, we hit the trails.

As we walked along

the trails,

under the trees,

up the stairs, and

across the bridges as we enjoyed the walk in the rain.

We walked through

the Maple Grove

with lots of trees and ferns. We ventured on

through the Hall of Mosses and saw

trees with moss from top to bottom.

We saw some really pretty

ferns and

trees that you could almost walk through.

On our way out of the forest, I saw the

perfect Christmas Tree and then

there was this tree which has toppled over and what you see here is the entire root system which has become the home of all these ferns.

After finishing our trip through the rain forest, we headed on down Hwy 101 to find what is claimed to be the

largest Western Red Cedar Tree in the world. These are the

facts.

Well, what a great day we had playing in the rain.

We have finished our stay in Forks and today we are making our way another 100 miles to Hoquiam, Washington.

See you from the beach.