Olympic NP

This stop was probably our favorite of the whole trip. We cruised down through Seattle from Vancouver, hopped the ferry and ended up over in Olympic NP. We did two overnight hikes, one on the north and south ends of the Olympic Wilderness. Each time we hiked about 5-7 miles along the beach, dodging HUGE washed up tree trunks, and scurrying around exposed tidal pool points when the tide was low enough.

It rained a fair amount, and its hard to get a good picture of two people in the rain. I thought the look on my face was pretty funny, so this one made the cut.



The tide pools were amazing and teeming with life (both orange AND purple star fish!).



Much of the time we weren't hiking on sand, but on black and gray polished stones.



This was our campsite one night. All of the logs in the picture were rearranged overnight by the tide.



Just a picture to give you the idea of how varied in color the stones on the beach can be.



Another look out from our campsite.



Kelp washed up on the beach. The bulbous part keeps the kelp floating near the surface.