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USA TOUR 2001
Olympic National Park,
Washington
| River by Staircase with a bridge above on
the hiking trail |
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| Third
Beach, Olympic National Park, WA |
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September 14 and 15, 2001
Location: Third Beach, Olympic National Park,
WA
We decided to camp on the beach here for two
nights. We had to hike our camping gear in one and a half miles.
Mike took the heaviest pack and 1 lounge chair. Kate also had a backpack a
chair and the most necessary radio. We set up camp and scavenged the Beach
for firewood. We had a great fire got to see the Pacific and made friends
with a fellow camper, Brenda. She gave us great advice on camping hot
spots and hiking trails. Mike also found cougar tracks right by our site
in the sand! The next day we took an incredible hike climbing up rock
walls with ropes and makeshift ladders. The hiking trail was incredible,
half on the beach and half in the Rainforest. We hiked up to a Waterfall
and were actually hanging on to a tree overlooking the Pacific and the
breakers. We then hiked down to the beach and found bunches of Starfish
and Sea Anemones. The view was very foggy ,but beautiful. The
hike was muddy and we saw Bear tracks on the trail. It was one of the
coolest things we have done. It was also challenging and we had sand in EVERYTHING!
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| Mike & Kate self portrait
camping on the beach |
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Sand plant
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| Third Beach, Pacific Ocean |
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| Pacific Ocean |
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| The view of our site from the
top of the Waterfall AWESOME! |
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| The Trees in the Rainforest
were ENORMOUS! |
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| The ferns were all over the
Rainforest |
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| Kate and the Wall of Ferns |
Moss growing on the tree trunks |
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| The Waterfall that we hiked
to. |
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| Kate at the top of the Waterfall |
Holding the camera straight down over the Waterfall |
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| The Starfish at Strawberry
Pt. were beautiful! |
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