Leftover Seattle: Olympic National Park

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

While I'm unpacking four years' worth of stuff here in Pittsburgh and writing a paper for a serious deadline (i.e., non stop party), I have two Seattle posts left! This current batch of photos is from a weekend car camping trip to Olympic National Park, which, aside from being completely breathtaking, is also rather near to the book-setting for the "Twilight" series. This explains all the vampire references in the grocery store while we were buying dinner.

We camped at Mora Campground near Forks, and drove to both Rialto and Ruby Beaches. After a brief hike in the Hoh Rainforest there was a dinner of pepperoni and cheese. All in all, a full and complete camping weekend.

The park was considerably less crowded than Yosemite or Yellowstone, I'm betting getting a backpacking permit would be a simpler process as well. It's been awhile since I've camped in the sand...