The first thing on today's agenda was to explore the Hoh Rainforest. As we arrived at the parking lot of the rainforest, I received a voicemail from the property manager of the condo association for the complex in which our rental condo is located. Her message said there was water pouring out of the backyard of our unit. Of course, we feared the condo had a water leak, so we quickly drove back down the road until we had cell phone service. After numerous phone calls and several nerve-wracking minutes, it was determined that our unit did not have a leak. Instead, it was a hose that had been left on in the neighboring condo's backyard that was flooding our yard. The problem got taken care of with no damage to our condo - phew!
Once that was behind us, we headed back to the Hoh rainforest and started with a hike on the Hall of Mosses Trail. This is a beautiful short hike among the mossy lush trees of the rainforest.
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| A black Banana Slug |
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| The mossy trees of The Hall of Mosses Trail |
Next, we hiked the Hoh River Trail to the first point where there is access to the river. Along the way, we encountered a herd of grazing elk that were in no hurry to move away from the trail. So, we stood watching them for quite a few minutes before they moved along.
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| The Hoh River |
After lunch near the Hoh Rainforest Visitor Center, we spent the afternoon visiting several of the beaches within the national park - Ruby Beach, Kalaloch Beach, Rialto Beach, and 2nd Beach. Each beach was unique, but we enjoyed 2nd Beach the most as we felt it was most scenic and we were able to do some tide pooling there.
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| Fog at Ruby Beach |
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| More of Ruby Beach |
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| The Tree of Life at Kalaloch Beach |
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| Rialto Beach |
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| 2nd Beach |
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| Looking South at 2nd Beach |
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| A Sea Anemone |
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