Olympic Peninsula + Juan De Fuca Trail

Kerrie and I are starting the goal of trying to see all the National Parks. While we've technically been too 4 already. This was our second one where we got an official picture.

Late posts are better than no posts. Over Memorial Day weekend, Kerrie and I headed out for our annual road trip. Our goal for this trip was to explore Olympic National Park and then jump over to Vancouver to explore Juan de Fuca Provincial Park. Hope you enjoy the photos.

Home sweet home in the #hotelement

Lake Quinault Lodge

The record for the area is 16 feet of rain in one year. Think about that for a little while

World's Largest Western Red Cedar

Kerrie is finally happy to get her Fairshare.

Ruby Beach

Fern Gully

Crescent Lake

Pretty primo campsite overlooking the lake.

Foil Bombs

Even Kerrie knows that whiskey and Harry Potter go very well together.

In line fore Ellie the Elements first international voyage.

Selfies in front of the Empress.

Feels like Europe

Hiking the gnar. 

Mystic Beach / Juan de Fuca trail 

So many cairns. 

Not at all impressed by the campground at China Beach. Gravel and enough room for 6 cars. Facilities were nice, but a little too established for me. Also our neighbors may have given us a bad taste as well.

Botanical beach

Dr. Seuss must have been inspired by the area.

Back to the states. Hurricane Ridge

https://instagram.com/p/4kGjxfB1gf/?taken-by=semi_rad

The highest Ellie's been yet.

Sol Duc Falls

The Elwha runs free. Pretty amazing to see the results after the dams have been removed. Hopefully I'll be able to come back a few more times over the years to see how things change.

Heart O' the Hills CG 

More Harry Potter for the little one.