~On top of Hurricane Ridge
We hiked a couple of trails on the east side of the NP, but some were closed due to fires or washouts. Washington’s west coast has been suffering from a drought.
We found our next home to be more interesting. We stayed in Sequim while visiting Port
Angeles and Forks. We hiked the trail to Hurricane Ridge on a crystal clear day. We saw Mt. Baker, Mt. Olympus, and across the strait to Vancouver, BC. Beautiful views! We also went to the Olympic NP beaches just south of La Push. We walked through old forest, down a very steep hill to rocky beaches. Like the sign said, “where mountains meet the sea”. There is no better description! The beaches were unchanged by man and so beautiful. After La Push, we ate lunch at Forks, WA. We saw only one sign that vampires do live – exist? – here 
and that was a treaty sign outside of La Push and Forks. Yep, Sandy got a picture of the sign as proof. (The book series Twilight used Forks as the setting.)We also hiked through the rain forest. It is very, very green, and moist with lots of huge trees that we could not fit into a photograph.
We have less than two weeks left before we start work camping two 6-hour days per week in return for full RV hookups in Westport, WA. We will use our remaining time in Long Beach, WA and Seaside, OR. We are less than a quarter mile from the beach. We can smell the salt in the air and hear the ocean waves at night. We are going to be work camping in Westport from September through April at American Sunset RV. This will be our first experience as work-campers. Dan will be helping with outdoor assignments while Sandy will be working in the store/office. It’ll be interesting and we will keep adding to our blog while we are there.
