Olympic Pennisula

The kids and I went on a road trip around the Olympic Peninsula. It was an amazing time of camping, hiking, discovering and enjoying each other. The weather was great for the trip; sunny and warm.
Our first night we camped at South Beach. The kids played the whole time in these driftwood forts someone had made. It was great fun for them pretending to live in this fort. I sat on the beach and watched migrating whales in the surf.
The second day we stopped at several hiking places: Big Cedar Tree and Hoh Rain forest. The big trees and moss were so impressive. We had lunch on a 650 year old tree stump, walked the Hall of Moss trail and saw some elk. We drove the rest of the way to Salt Creek Campground that day. The kids loved the old military fort. The next day we walked down to the tide pools. The tide was coming in but we still saw some great stuff.
On the third day we drove into Port Angels to see the port and ferry terminal. The kids were very impressed with how large the ships were. We also stopped by Hurricane Ridge visiting center. We spent about an hour there but we could have spent another hour easy. There was a very cool discovery room for kids. Next we drove down to Seal Rock campground. The kids looked for crabs and hiked around some more.
On the way home we stopped by Gramma Sharpes' house to say hi. The kids love stopping by her house.
The whole week was great. We could set up our camp in about 10 minutes with us all working together and break it down in about 15. Jacob was very helpful with the campfire and camp stove. I hope we all can remember the memories we made on this trip, I know I will.