Seattle/Olympic National Forest

Our site on the water

Well this was day 3? I believe here in Washington. We were headed for Mt. Rainier on Monday but decided instead to head to the Seattle/Olympic Peninsula area. We are staying on the coast of the Hood Canal at a town called Hoodsport. It is beautiful, and the kids LOVE the "ocean" life.

Ferry Ride to Seattle

Jellyfish!

Jellyfish

The 14ft diameter Cedar

On Monday we hung out by the water, there was some sort of jellyfish migration, although perhaps they heard we were coming and just came out to say hello. We ate dinner in Hoodsport at a little mexican restaurant-it was just what we needed after 8 hours on the road! On Tuesday we went into Seattle by Ferry-that was another award winner for the kids. In Seattle we went to the Market, took a double decker city tour and then scoped out the places we wanted to hit when we came back (which will be tomorrow.) we then walked back to the Pier to take the Ferry back. I think we would enjoy a 3 month stint in Seattle, but it was quite cool, and actually rained the beginning of the day. I know that is the norm for Seattle but I prefer a little more sunshine, so I think we will head south at the end of the week, but not before one more day in Seattle. Today we went into the Olympic Forest and did a small hike, we went past Cushman Lake, and hiked the "Staircase" on the Skokomish River. We saw a 14 ft. diameter fallen Cedar, WOW! is all I can say. We came back to the camper and the kids played in the water for the rest of the night. They all "plucked em' and shucked em'" -oysters that is, it is the season here and so I brought salt, pepper and lime juice down to the water and everyone (except myself) ate FRESH oysters by the water.