Rialto Beach

After spending time in the rainforest, we headed out to Rialto Beach to watch the sunset. Unfortunately, it had clouded over by then and there wasn't a sunset! At least it wasn't raining. It was neat how on this beach, the trees went right up to the beach. It was a very rocky beach so the kids did a lot of rock skipping. 

We spent the night at the Dewdrop Inn in Forks.  The next morning, we continued our way down the coast. 

Hoh Rainforest-Olympic National Park

We made our way to the Hoh Rainforest!! The kids were hoping it would rain in the rainforest, but it did not. We walked along the "Hall of Mosses" and the "Spruce Trail." I think together it was about 2 miles. The weather was nice and we wore our masks when we were in an area with a lot of people. 

This mossy area seemed to be the most popular area for people to go see. The trees looked really neat!! 

Nathan said this area reminded him of dinosaur times since in all the old illustrations of dinosaurs there are always ferns. I guess they are one of the only plants we know of that were definitely around millions of years ago so they are drawn in the pictures! 

Elizabeth wanted to hide in all the ferns. 

Lake Crescent-Olympic National Park

The next morning, we headed south along the Pacific Coast. Our first stop was Lake Crescent. It was a huge lake! It was very pretty. 

There was a little trail along the lake called "Memories in Time Trail" or something like that. We walked around for a little bit. 

Drive up to Hurricane Ridge

Before we got to the top of Hurricane Ridge, we had to drive up! We saw some things along the way I took pictures of. 

There were 2 baby deer! They were so cute! They were in the middle of the road with 2 mothers. 

A pull out that overlooked the water north of Port Angeles. 

Another pullout that overlooked the Olympics. Down at this elevation, the tops of the mountains were still in the clouds. 

A little nature trail. 

Stopping to take pictures.