We spent Friday at Hurricane Ridge, Lake Cresent, and the Hoh Rain Forest.
Being on top of Hurricane Ridge is having a front row seat to Mount Olympus and its Blue Glacier. It seems like you are looking down at the rest of the world.
Lake Cresent is a brilliantly blue lake carved out by a glacier and was beautiful.
Hoh Rain Forest has the biggest trees that I have ever seen - firs over 250 feet and many feet around. At first they look strange with the lichen and moss hanging and attached to the trunks but then you begin to see the beauty within.
Saturday morning started with us stopping at the ER at Aberdeen - I have poison oak running up both arms, my face, neck, etc. However they were great and we were on our way in 1 hour, with drugs and ointment!!!
While driving along Rt. 12 with Mt. St. Helens on the right and Mt. Ranier on the left, Mom said why don't we see both of them...so we drove. The roads leading to the vistor centers or viewing points are limited to 35mph and are very narrow, winding, roads that are under construction due to a massive storm in 2006.
However the trips were worth every minute - forget Hurricane being the top of the world - Mt. Ranier's roads are on the side of some huge mountains, you look down and down some more so don't miss the side of the road, and when you get to the top (FINALLY) the views are unbelievable - but don't worry, I have so many pictures everyone will get tired of seeing them.
We left Kalaloch Lodge at 9 am for what was supposed to be about a 9 hour trip -
we just checked into the Best Western in Ritzville and it is 11pm, 5 hours spent on the small and winding roads in the mountains - but what views of Washington.
Tomorrow will take us to Montana - the state that I have wanted to visit for as long as I can remember.
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