Today started out pretty cold and cloudy but we decided to take our chances and head out for a big day trip to see the Olympic mountains. The ferry crossing was so foggy I don’t think the kids even noticed we were moving.
But then the fog started to lift, and the sun began to peek through!
We rented a minivan for the day and the kids looooovvved it.
Can you see the goofballs?
There they are!
And by the time we got up to Hurricane Ridge…
…it was a spectacular day!
Here’s the whole crew, with some reluctant little boys.
After lunch at the visitor center, we went for a hike on the meadow trails and found…
…SNOW! They really did not believe it was real snow until they were up in it, in person.
The trails up here are just beautiful; you feel like you are at the top of the world. Grandma and Eli stayed on the meadow trails, playing with the snow, while Calvin, Brian, Grandpa and I went up…
…up…
..and down the other side…
…where Brian made friends with a deer!
This deer came really close to us; it was pretty amazing!
We saw lots of beautiful flowers too, avalanche lilies and lots of lupine:
In the late afternoon we visited another part of the park, but that will have to wait till tomorrow (or whenever I get around to it). A very busy, very full, very fun day!
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