Our amazing road trip started with a visit to dear Stacie (you saw pics from Palmer, Easter Island and Palmyra) in Seaside, Oregon. We had a blast, ate like kings and had wonderfully relaxing beach time! I think our next reunion should be in the Pacific again, some small island.
N. Head lighthouse is close to the Columbia River and looks perfect.
Beautiful hike between lighthouses.
This is my favorite lighthouse pic, at Cape Disappointment.
Classic beach time, with goat cheese, apples and wine.
Feeding the birds in style.
More fun on Cannon beach, and searching for puffins. This is one of the only places in the lower states that they visit.
It was just awesome to catch up!
And this here is the loveliest of lovely camp spots. After saying adieu to our dear friend, we drove north on 101 toward Olympic National Park. This campground (Klaloch) is actually in the park, as the park has a portion along the beach and another large amount of land in the forest and mountains.
Our beach stash includes the first sand dollars we've ever found. It was a great 2 hour walk along the beach too, one of the longest beaches I've ever seen. We were so lucky, perfect weather for days.
Dave trying to find the perfect stone.
The last hero picture of the Suzuki. Notice the lack of spare tire, which happened during a flat in Hells Canyon in Idaho with Dave's parents. Such a sexy beast (both Dave and the Suzuki).
Most of the trees were old growth cedars, but there were maples too in the rain forest as well as sitka spruce.
Classic Pacific coast shot.
My favorite part of the park was this rain forest, which was unlike any place in the world that I've seen. That and I had no idea we had forests like this in the States.
Do you see mini Dave in this photo? That's how huge the trees are and the mosses, lichen and ferns totally cover every branch of every tree.
Scenic lunch spot in the middle of the river.
Still hiking along the Hoh river in the rain forest. We saw tons of elk and even had a northern spotted owl fly by way close to our faces. Magic!
And this would be the second prettiest camp site that we've had, with a perfect river view.
Another awesome hike, this one called lovers' lane, wound through a lot of snow covered ferns, as odd as that pairing is.
Skunk cabbage rocks! Looks like water lilies, smells like bologna and photographs beautifully.
The Olympic range was breath taking. The mountains seemed to encircle us.
This is Port Angeles, where I think we all should move. It's on the Strait of Juan del Fuca, so it is a quiet port town, but it also has two entries to the National Park and a stunning view. Also, the best darn Thai dinner we've ever had. It's not pretentious, and is a 10 minute ferry from Victoria, Canada as well as a longer but scenic ferry to Seattle (and it has 10 fewer inches of rain per year than the Seattle area).
Dave's fern photo is so pretty.
Trilliums and skunk cabbage, on our third day's hike. Lost my hat, took this picture, and am now over losing my hat because for some reason, I'm in love with this picture.
And here she is in the car shop, after we emptied our belongings. Doesn't look like $5K of damage, but then again I'm not a car mechanic or a crooked insurance company. It totally sucked, and it's a hard image to get out of mind, but we thank the heavens that we're safe.
Our amazing road trip started with a visit to dear Stacie (you saw pics from Palmer, Easter Island and Palmyra) in Seaside, Oregon. We had a blast, ate like kings and had wonderfully relaxing beach time! I think our next reunion should be in the Pacific again, some small island. 
N. Head lighthouse is close to the Columbia River and looks perfect.
Beautiful hike between lighthouses.
This is my favorite lighthouse pic, at Cape Disappointment. 
Classic beach time, with goat cheese, apples and wine. 
Feeding the birds in style.
More fun on Cannon beach, and searching for puffins. This is one of the only places in the lower states that they visit. 
It was just awesome to catch up!
And this here is the loveliest of lovely camp spots. After saying adieu to our dear friend, we drove north on 101 toward Olympic National Park. This campground (Klaloch) is actually in the park, as the park has a portion along the beach and another large amount of land in the forest and mountains. 
Our beach stash includes the first sand dollars we've ever found. It was a great 2 hour walk along the beach too, one of the longest beaches I've ever seen. We were so lucky, perfect weather for days.
Dave trying to find the perfect stone.
The last hero picture of the Suzuki. Notice the lack of spare tire, which happened during a flat in Hells Canyon in Idaho with Dave's parents. Such a sexy beast (both Dave and the Suzuki).
Most of the trees were old growth cedars, but there were maples too in the rain forest as well as sitka spruce.
Classic Pacific coast shot. 
My favorite part of the park was this rain forest, which was unlike any place in the world that I've seen. That and I had no idea we had forests like this in the States. 
Do you see mini Dave in this photo? That's how huge the trees are and the mosses, lichen and ferns totally cover every branch of every tree. 
Scenic lunch spot in the middle of the river.
Still hiking along the Hoh river in the rain forest. We saw tons of elk and even had a northern spotted owl fly by way close to our faces. Magic!
And this would be the second prettiest camp site that we've had, with a perfect river view.
Another awesome hike, this one called lovers' lane, wound through a lot of snow covered ferns, as odd as that pairing is.
Skunk cabbage rocks! Looks like water lilies, smells like bologna and photographs beautifully.
The Olympic range was breath taking. The mountains seemed to encircle us.
This is Port Angeles, where I think we all should move. It's on the Strait of Juan del Fuca, so it is a quiet port town, but it also has two entries to the National Park and a stunning view. Also, the best darn Thai dinner we've ever had. It's not pretentious, and is a 10 minute ferry from Victoria, Canada as well as a longer but scenic ferry to Seattle (and it has 10 fewer inches of rain per year than the Seattle area).
Dave's fern photo is so pretty.
Trilliums and skunk cabbage, on our third day's hike. Lost my hat, took this picture, and am now over losing my hat because for some reason, I'm in love with this picture.
And here she is in the car shop, after we emptied our belongings. Doesn't look like $5K of damage, but then again I'm not a car mechanic or a crooked insurance company. It totally sucked, and it's a hard image to get out of mind, but we thank the heavens that we're safe.
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