Olympic Peninsula

Hi,

We just spent 6 nights in Sequim (pronounced like squeam in squeamish).  There was so much to do here. One day we went to a wooden boat festival in Port Townsend, one of the largest in the world. Not only did they have lots of wooden boats,

tall ships

 wooden kayaks

and even
wooden bikes!

One day mom and dad left to take the ferry to Vancouver, British Columbia. The only reason they could go for such a long day is because the RV place we were staying at offered dog sitting - so a nice lady came and took me out several times, played with me and gave me treats. Mom and dad didn't get back until late at night - but they had a great time. They told me all about the whale watching trip they took on a high speed boat. They were very lucky to see several large pods of Orca whales. First they were off in the distance.

 
Then they got closer

Jumping,

Playing and swimming

Remind you of jaws?

They even saw a huge grey whale

Olympic National Park is very diverse and has three different areas, the mountains, the rain forest and the beach - so we set out to see all 3 over the course of several days.

The sights from Hurricane Ridge in the Olympic National Park were beautiful.

We took some nice hikes there - or rather I did in my dreams as dogs aren't allowed on most National Park trails.

  Later, on a trip to a waterfall dad took pics of some flowers

and mushrooms or fungus

The next stop was the Hoh Rain Forest in the park.

 ending at the beautiful beaches

 

Sorry for the long blog, but wanted to get it all done before we start home.

We had a great trip. Here is one of my observations....mom seems to do all of the driving, all dad has to do is keep his hands on the steering wheel!

Adios,
Yuki