Olympic Peninsula Again

Another spring, another visit to the Olympic Peninsula. Karen's cousin and her husband were in town for a wedding, so we took the opportunity to give them a brief tour of the peninsula. It mirrored last year's trip, except with less aggressive activities due to the higher average age of our team. We tried to get up to Hurricane Ridge, but most of the road was closed due to snow that was dumped by a storm the previous day. Undeterred, we rerouted to the mouth of the Elwha River, which is being transformed due to the removal of the dams upstream. Of course there was the gorgeous drive along Lake Crescent, and then to our beach-front cabin in La Push. From there we visited First Beach (out our front door), Rialto Beach (just across the Quillayute River from La Push), the Hoh Rain Forest (about an hours drive inland), and Second Beach (a tad further south from First Beach). All were excellent, and we had perfect weather ... ok, except for the last day when we were headed home. Once again, we were reminded of just how lucky we are to have all of this within striking distance!