Day 3 kayaking

Wednesday we kayaked up a river and slough.  It was beautiful.  This turned out to be our last day of kayaking because today turned out to be a big wind with huge whitecaps.  It has been a great trip and sorry that we did not get to go today.  The guys went to the Air Museum and the girls to a Quilt and Textile Museum.  Looking forward to our next group trip....

 

Kayaking day 2 Garibaldi

 Cape Meares Lighthouse

 After a day of rain yesterday during our kayak today was beautiful and calm.

 

We were able to kayak around these islands and see the animal life up close.

Nestucca Bay Kayak

 We had a great day of kayaking today even though by lunch time it began to rain and we were soaked by the time we got home.

Cascade Loop

 

Today we drove the Cascade Loop.  This is the view from Lava Lake toward one of the "Sisters".

Mackenzie River Loop

 Today we drove the Mackenzie River Loop.  This is the first falls you can hike to.

 The lower picture is of Kooshe Falls the next river hike,

Newberry Volcanic NP

 This is Newberry Volcanic National Monument and the view from the top of Paulina Peak.

 We walked in the Obsidian field and Andy holding a large pumice rock.

 Tumalo Falls near Bend

The gang....



Olympic Coast

 We stopped and hiked to Ruby Beach on our way around the coast.  It was beautiful.

We hiked to the World's Largest Sitka Spruce tree.  It is hard to grasp how large it is.

This is the World's Largest Cedar tree.



HOH Rain forest

 We moved over to Forks today and hiked in the Hoh Rain forest.  These pictures are on the Trail of the Mosses.

Hiking in Olymoic NP

 We hiked Hurricane Ridge today...what a beautiful sight.

One of the beautiful waterfalls

This is an Olympic Marmutt only found here.  They were all over the alpine meadow.



Olympic NP

 We have arrived in Olympic NP where we will spend three plus days.

 The rain forest is amazing.

Multiple waterfalls.....