This weekend we made a last minute decision to hike-in to Olympic National Park on Saturday. We stayed near the Elwha River at an old drive in campsite. We made sure to do an easy hike (most of it was on the washed out road to the campsite and it was only 2 1/2 miles. Unfortunately we had to camp near lots of other people. The trip started out on a bad note - when Mike went to get his bag out of the trunk it was soaked - the camelbak that I had filled had leaked all over (ooops!!)
About 1/2 mile from the campsite were 7 hotsprings. Once we set up camp Saturday evening (which was infested with carpenter ants) we headed out to the hot springs but each one we came to was full of nude people! We decided that it would be weird to join them so we came back early Sunday morning and had one of the pools all to ourselves. The water must be hotter in the morning because I couldn't tolerate even having my feet in! Before we hiked out we saw a mother deer feeding her two babies.
These two other hikers were pretty sure that the babies had just been born that morning because they were still wet! The trip ended on another bad note - the camera was washed in the washing machine - this time Mike was to blame. At least we were able to salvage the pictures; we'll let you know about the fate of the camera once it dries out!
This weekend we made a last minute decision to hike-in to Olympic National Park on Saturday. We stayed near the Elwha River at an old drive in campsite. We made sure to do an easy hike (most of it was on the washed out road to the campsite and it was only 2 1/2 miles. Unfortunately we had to camp near lots of other people. The trip started out on a bad note - when Mike went to get his bag out of the trunk it was soaked - the camelbak that I had filled had leaked all over (ooops!!) 
About 1/2 mile from the campsite were 7 hotsprings. Once we set up camp Saturday evening (which was infested with carpenter ants) we headed out to the hot springs but each one we came to was full of nude people! We decided that it would be weird to join them so we came back early Sunday morning and had one of the pools all to ourselves. The water must be hotter in the morning because I couldn't tolerate even having my feet in! Before we hiked out we saw a mother deer feeding her two babies. 
These two other hikers were pretty sure that the babies had just been born that morning because they were still wet! The trip ended on another bad note - the camera was washed in the washing machine - this time Mike was to blame. At least we were able to salvage the pictures; we'll let you know about the fate of the camera once it dries out!
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