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46th Stop - Hoh Rain Forest, Forks WA

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Blog Post #57 - Written March 19, 2026 Stay: August 31-September 1, 2025 The magic of Washington continues in the Hoh Rain Forest.  We entered through Forks, WA (yes, that Forks from Twilight) and to no one's surprise, it was cool and misty.  And we were only slightly disappointed to find out that we were missing the annual Twilight Festival by a week.  And by slightly, I mean not at all.   Our campground for the night was in the back area of Hard Rain Cafe, a small food joint along the entrance road into the Hoh Rain Forest.  We pulled into the parking lot, (which was packed and not very large), and blocked all traffic as I waited in a long lunch line to check into our spot.  Boy, was it nice and cozy trying to wedge ourselves into the back.  I don't think we actually hit anything, but the fence definitely was potential firewood.   But it was all worth it.  For surrounding our spot, were BLACKBERRY BUSHES!!! Tons of blackberry bus...
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45th Stop - Olympic National Park (WA)

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Blog Post #56 - Written March 9, 2026 Stay: August 28-30, 2025 So I have to say again that we might have a blackberry problem.  Like we were driving along this beautiful bay and saw some blackberry bushes along the side of the road.  There were also people down looking for something in the marshes, so naturally, we decided to pull over (we were lucky to find a pull-off big enough to accommodate the truck+trailer on this winding mountain/lakeshore road).  We picked our blackberries, then hiked down to discover what was so exciting.  There was one group looking for salmon (we found none).  But the other man was collecting oysters. He was from southeast Asia and love coming here to collect oysters for his family meal like he used to do in his home country.  He let the boys help him collect some in the muck as well! A quick wipe down and then we were off to our campground. Megan indulging in her balckberry-collecting addiction Our campground (Elwha Dam RV Park)...
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