After Seattle we headed to Olympic National Park taking the ferry across the Puget Sound. We camped the first night on the rim of the park and headed into town to Port Angeles where we had a beer amongst the locals. It was Twilight week at Port Angeles, and nearby Forks where I stopped in to buy a postcard for my cousin (who is a big fan of the series) and I had to battle a few dozens of tweens in the process. But thankfully I survived!

Heading to the coast we stopped to take some pictures at the visitors center which offers a great view of Mt. Olympus.  At Rialto beach we camped and walked along the shore among the large amounts of drift wood and fallen trees. The coast in this area is dangerous especially at high tide when large logs are lifted and thrown by the rough surf. An eerie fog rolled slowly along the cliff edges and off of the ocean, an area notoriously known by Seamen for ship wrecks.

The next day we headed to Hoh Rain Forest, the worlds’ largest temperate rain forest, where we did a few small hikes throughout the densely foliaged forest. Along one of the paths we came across two small field mice dining on some grass – they didn’t seem to be bothered by us in the slightest.

Our last stop in Washington en route to Oregon was at Mt. Saint Helens as the sun was setting to take some pictures.

Full set of Washington Pictures Here!