Posts

47th Stop - Ruby Beach, WA

Image
Blog Post #58 - Written March 20, 2026 Stay: September 2, 2025 I felt kind of bad making us travel on our 9th wedding anniversary.  Especially since we were not actually going to our destination, but to a one night stop.  So I tried to make it up to Gary by finding a fun pit stop.  Thank goodness Ruby Beach was well worth the stop. We climbed down a staircase and got our first glimpse at the coastline.  Stunning blue water with large rocks in the water.  And all along the beach is driftwood.  But not your average driftwood.  Entire Spruce, Cedar, and Hemlock tree trunks, completely bleached, covered the shore.  We finished the hike down to the beach and climbed over and under and around the vast complex of logs.   As we progressed through the the detritus, we started noticing structures that others had built out of the wood.  Gary decided he was going to spend his day building the biggest, tallest lean-to of them all!...
Post a Comment
Read more

46th Stop - Hoh Rain Forest, Forks WA

Image
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...
Post a Comment
Read more