Sunday, August 3, 2008

Olympic National Park

We went to the Olympic Peninsula for the weekend. We were both really longing to get away and do a couple hikes/camp somewhere new...so on Monday we started planning a trip to Olympic National Park. We had a great time and thoroughly enjoyed the diverse terrain in the park. We stayed the first night at Fairholme campground right near Lake Crescent. Johnny was able to get his line wet on the Sol Duc river on our way up to the Sol Duc falls. We went to Hurricane Ridge on Saturday and hiked along Klahhane Ridge. We both fell in love with the alpine country up there...it was absolutely beautiful.



Windy ferry ride over to the peninsula.


Sol Duc Falls




Fairholme Campground


Lake Crescent


Fishing the Sol Duc river








Wildlife in the alpine


Hurricane Ridge







4 comments:

Bonnie said...

Holy Cow! What beautiful pictures and amazing scenery (not to mention the cute couple, too) Glad you guys had a good time...good talking with you this a.m., Emily.

What's New? said...

Emily~ good to hear from you- I totally look at your blog as well!! Thanks for giving us the dates! We look forward to seeing you guys. So glad that you all are coming into town. Well do something sweet!! Thanks again Emily- Stacie
I will be so BIG when you all are in town.. lol ;)

Noelle said...

Wow...beautiful pictures!! So fun to see some pics of your trip.

I'll try to call this afternoon. Thanks for your calls...life is a bit busy...I'm trying to get at least semi-back in the loop! Love you both!

Unknown said...

that is gorgeous! You don't have to stay in a hotel to get that view! How much fun!