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Jason, Sarah, Sarah’s brother Sean (visiting from out of town) and I went out to the Olympic Peninsula this weekend to see Olympic National Park. We took the ferry over on Friday afternoon and spent two nights camping at the Heart O’ the Hills campground in the park. I was worried about being able to find a campsite on a summer weekend so late, but there were actually quite a few sites available when we arrived around 10pm. I think the rain forecast for the weekend might have kept more people away. It did rain most of the weekend, but I didn’t mind too much. It was still scenic and great to get away from the city for a few days. It’s also awesome hanging out with Sarah and Jason. I’ll miss them when they’re back in North Carolina again.

On Saturday, we did the Sol Doc waterfall hike then drove down to Rialto Beach for lunch followed by a walk on the beach. Both places were quite beautiful!

On Sunday, we drove up to Hurricane Ridge where we looked at the partial views of the mountains and then did a ranger walk where we learned about the effects of wind on snow on plant life. We saw quite a few deer there as well as a marmot off in the distance.

On the way down the mountain, a black bear crossed right in front of the car. The black bit just to the left of the tree is the bear,

but I didn’t take the picture quick enough to really capture him. Oh well.

We got back to Seattle a little after 5pm. On the Bainbridge Island Ferry, I was able to take a bunch of pictures of the Seattle skyline line this one:

Pictures are here.