Olympic National Park

We finally made it out camping with Ella to the Olympic Peninsula.

We started out our trip with a 4.5 mile hike at Lake Quinnalt where it was hot and sunny. From there, we headed to the coast and stopped at Kalaloch Beach where it dropped about 20 degrees and was completely socked in! There were only 4 tiny campsites left, so we decided to press our luck and find something else.




As we drove just a few miles inland, we drove out of the fog and found our way to the campground called Hoh Oxboh... and what a find it was! The campsites were huge, right on the river and best of all, it was free!

We kicked it at camp, ate some food and s’mores by the campfire and headed to bed just after sunset. In the morning, Ella made friends with another golden retriever pup. They wrestled in the dark sand down by the river and before we knew it, Ella looked more like a black lab then a golden! My camera decided to “malfunction”, so I don’t have any shots of them, but the owners of the other golden took my address and said they’d mail me a few shots!

We continued on to La Push and Rialto Beach where we took a pretty long walk and explored a few tidal pools down by some of the sea stacks. We grabbed a delicious lunch of fresh fish at a restaurant in town (The River’s Edge was the name I think) and then headed inland to find camping.

We ended up at Crescent Lake which was pretty nice despite being pretty close to the road and bringing on the challenge of staying at the top of the tent due to a steep grade throughout the campsite. The next morning we drove through Port Angeles, finding a quaint part of town for coffee and breakfast. Our final stop was at the Dungeness Recreation Center near Sequim. We walked the trail on a bluff that overlooks the Strait of Juan de Fuca.