We took a long and beautiful drive through much of the Olympic National Park, which eventually brought us to the Hoh Rainforest. We started our walk along the Hoh River Trail in the early afternoon. A couple miles into our hike, Bryan and I realized that we didn’t have a very good map to our camp. We, unfortunately, also discovered that the path split off several times and it was growing steadily darker while we had no real idea of whether the paths and directions we continued to choose were correct. We continued on. Ray Bradbury said that “half the fun of the travel is the aesthetic of lostness.” Our wanderings have been as lovely as our destinations. We saw groups of elk that were incredible; they are such majestic creatures.
Luckily, we eventually found the campground. Campground is such a loose term for where we set up our tent. It did, however, have pit toilets and bear wire so that our food wasn’t taken by bears. I slept poorly the night before my birthday, but perhaps that was so I could have more hours of my birthday awake! We somehow managed the hike back to the car, exhausted as we were. On our way back we saw more elk. It was terribly exciting. Few people have the honor of seeing herds of elk before 7AM on their birthday, so I felt very special. A happy birthday to me!
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