Oh boy, what a time we had! First of all, we arrived at Mora camp in the park around lunch time and who did we see? Chuck and Eloise Pratt. They are friends we met at Fort Jefferson about 5 years ago. They worked there for 11 years and just retired a couple of years ago. We were pulling in and they were right beside us. They live in Key West not too far from us which is the Southernmost point in the continental United States and we run into them at the Northernmost point. What are odds of that happening? We were able visit with them and meet their friends. We had a wonderful time.
That afternoon we went to the Hoh Rain forest which is the western part of Olympic Nat'l Park. Such a neat forest. We walked into the most dense, moss covered Hemlocks, Spruce, Sitka and Douglas fir trees. Some as high as 200ft. We had a ball hiking 2 of the trails. Drenched in over 12 ft. of rain a year, the rain forest obliterates all sense of time. Elk make their home on the riverbanks. We loved it! One of the highlights of our trip.
Before we left, we went to Rialto Beach. That was our first beach on the Pacific Coast. It was spectacular! Instead of seashells, you find stones of all colors and sizes. The sand is not the white sand you see on the Atlantic, but dark gray sand. I liked it better because it looks so rugged with all the driftwood washing up on shore. The tide was up so we did not walk that beach. When we left, we visited another beach called Ruby Beach. The tide was low, so we walked for awhile. We had a great time! We will probably see you in Oregon tomorrow. Love you all.
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