Birthday weekend
I know I don't post here a whole lot anymore, but I had a great weekend at National Park Lodges last weekend in honor of my birthday, and I wanted to share.
We drove out to Kalaloch Lodge on the coast on Thursday, the holiday. Friday was sunny, and we had a great time poking around Kalaloch and Ruby Beaches for a while. Then we drove southeast for two days at Lake Quinault Lodge. Saturday and Sunday were cloudy/rainy/misty, but great for hiking and pictures of water and trees. We took a four-mile loop trail around the lodge on Saturday and a two-mile hike to little Irely Lake on Sunday. Both trails were surrounded by old trees full of moss and logs full of mushrooms and criss-crossed with streams and waterfalls. We saw little frogs, squirrels, chipmunks, sadly only one slug, a herd of elk, and a black bear cub - the latter two while we were in the car.
We'd never really explored the Lake Quinault area and expect to be back soon!
We drove out to Kalaloch Lodge on the coast on Thursday, the holiday. Friday was sunny, and we had a great time poking around Kalaloch and Ruby Beaches for a while. Then we drove southeast for two days at Lake Quinault Lodge. Saturday and Sunday were cloudy/rainy/misty, but great for hiking and pictures of water and trees. We took a four-mile loop trail around the lodge on Saturday and a two-mile hike to little Irely Lake on Sunday. Both trails were surrounded by old trees full of moss and logs full of mushrooms and criss-crossed with streams and waterfalls. We saw little frogs, squirrels, chipmunks, sadly only one slug, a herd of elk, and a black bear cub - the latter two while we were in the car.
We'd never really explored the Lake Quinault area and expect to be back soon!