Camping on the Olympic Peninsula

The weekend of April 14th - 15th the four of us set out for our first camping trip since living in Washington!  We took the Kingston Ferry over to the Olympic Peninsula and then drove a few hours to Forks, WA.  Our campground was about 2 miles from the West Coast.  We got there pretty late, so we set up camp, got a GREAT outdoor night's sleep and then woke up ready to explore!

Great camp sites!

Look at that Big Man

We drove the two miles to the coast and ended up on Rialto Beach.  This was one of my favorite places we have been yet.  I didn't want to leave....

I love this picture of them.  They are so happy.

This island....it's MINE

The beach here is so different than anything I have seen before.  There is no sand, it's just very smooth rocks.  The most interesting part is that the size of the rocks change as you walk down the beach.  You will walk through a section of larger rocks...

Then, they would get smaller and smaller....

Then, it would get larger again.  So fascinating!   --  There were also HUGE pieces of drift wood.  We enjoyed climbing all over them!

Some of it looked petrified from the exposure to the elements over
unknown amounts of time

Such cool pieces of driftwood...
Look how small the rocks are in this picture.
Here it almost looks like sand.

More Rialto Beach treasures...

These are just rocks from the beach!

Not exactly sure what this is...

After we left the beach, we headed to another spot on the coast called La Push.  Forks and La Push have recently gained a lot of attention because of the Twilight saga....but don't worry the locals claimed we were safe...

Just a low vampire threat...whew!

I swore I was going to see One-Eyed Willie's boat heading out to sea
just beyond those rocks...
(If you don't get that reference...it's time to re-watch The Goonies)

On the way back home we stopped to have lunch on a river (I can't remember the name) and I found more of my favorite trees!!

Look at these colors!
You can see the contrast of the red soil and the clear blue water

Princess Grace was out exploring as per usual

I hope you have enjoyed the pictures!  I'm officially caught up on the blog...thank goodness!!  I will keep everyone posted on any new excursions!!!

A word from Ferris Bueller....and a frequent quote used by my cousin Mikey...

"Life moves pretty fast...if you don't stop and look around once and while...you could miss it."

Great advice to live by.