July 13, 2015-Trip to Hoh Rainforest and Ruby Beach

Monday, July 13, 2015-Trip to Hoh Rainforest and Ruby Beach

We left at 9am to see the rainforest in Olympic National Park.  The weather looked like we were going to see the sun today and it was going to be warm.  So our trip so far we have ventured thru mountains, walked several beaches with white sand, black sand and gray sand and rocks of all different colors, a volcano, the desert and hot springs too.  Now we are seeing a rainforest.  It was a nice walk through the huge trees with all kinds of moss growing.  Large ferns were everywhere.  It was a very quiet and peaceful walk.

Seeing that we were close to Ruby Beach we went here also.  Some say that if the light hits this beach right it may take on a garnet color.  No luck.  We took the short walk down to the beach.  There were some tidal pools but we didn’t see anything in them.  There was driftwood and sea stacks everywhere.   The sand was kind of a grayish color as was the beach yesterday but the stones on this beach had different colors.  It was nice to see how many families, people with their dogs, old and young people alike enjoying this beach.  It was nice just to sit on a log and watch people and the waves.  We had lunch and then headed on home.  I was having some issues with my back so I came home and took a nap.

After my nap we had dinner and played a game of Jokers and Pegs.  It is something similar to Sorry but has a few twists and turns.  At this moment the boys are leading 21-16.

Tomorrow we are going to do a hike up Hurricane Ridge and maybe venture to Port Angeles to find some good pizza.

Happy Birthday, Jayme.

the rainforest

beautiful ferns

dew on the pine needles

 

my little friend

a better picture of a banana slug

Hoh River 

Destruction Island Lighthouse

Mike in a picture frame

this is what Ruby Beach is like

my find today