Tuesday, August 21, 2018

Lake Quinault Lodge and Rain Forest Tour

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From Seabrook, we began our 3 day driving tour of the Olympic Peninsula.  I had always wanted to stay at Lake Quinault Lodge, and it was worth at least $150 of the $400 we had to pay for a single weeknight there (just a basic hotel room with no phone to call the front desk to ask for sheets to make up the pull out bed). 

I wanted to maximize our time there, so I signed us up for a 3 hour van tour that mostly circumnavigated the lake, and took us back through some of the wilderness.  This was not Wesley’s favorite, and a poor omen for future travel, but I thought the tour was worth it. The tour guide knew a ton, and included the kids every chance he could.

8-21 Worlds largest sitka 3We had our picture taken in front of the world’s largest Sitka Spruce.

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I think it won it’s title fairly.

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The drive was absolutely beautiful, and I don’t think this bit of humor ruined the view at all.

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We stopped by waterfalls, and fed salmon fry in the streams.  In spite of the heat and smoke, we still caught sight of an elk herd!

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