Wed May 10th
Our first stop today was Lewis and Clark National Historic Park where the famous adventurers spent the winter of 1805-1806. There is a recreation of the fort they built and a nice exhibit about how they survived with the help of the native americans.
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| One of the log canoes |
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| A nice exhibit showing where Lewis and Clark were on May 10, 1805 and 1806 with entries from their diaries for those dates. |
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| Sacajawea statue |
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| Big tree |
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| Ft Clatsop exhibit |
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| Lewis and Clark river - posts in river were used to corral logs and make log rafts to float them to the mill |
Then we crossed the Columbia River into Washington state, my 50th state visited!!
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| River near Astoria, Oregon |
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| Crossing Columbia River into Washington |
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| Large ships on the Columbia River |
Hwy 101 in Washington was much different than in Oregon, much flatter with lots of marshlands and bays.
We stopped in the Olympic National Forest to camp but none of the campgrounds that are open would accommodate our trailer so we went to a RV campground nearby by Lake Quinault. It is a beautiful campsite but no wifi, no cell service, and no sewer hookup, no TV so it almost like real camping except for the queen size bed, refrigerator, electric lights, running water, bathroom, furnace, microwave, .........
We took a short hike to see the worlds largest spruce tree, the rain forest, wildflowers and a waterfall
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| See Nancy? |
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| lots of ferns |
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| Lots of moss |
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| Trees growing out of huge stump |
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| Waterfall |
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| The best waterfall was below the bridge but could not get a photo |
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More moss
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| Quinalt Lake, Olympic National Park in on other side |
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