I woke up early and took myself for a little explore around the campground. As I left Taiko in the camper was I blessed to find many birds, a weasel, a rabbit, not to mention more than three varieties of slug. It was lovely, and drippy, and wet. (Did I mention this is a rainforest? LOL.) Definitely time to pull out the raingear – jackets and pants. I did find the river – the Clearwater. There’s a lovely set of shallows right by our campsite. And the riffle in the deeper water that sang us to sleep.
Finally the boys wake up. We get breakfast made, consumed, and cleaned – then into rain gear to go explore the area. There are elk and/or people trails all through the forest here – so we have lots to explore. It wasn’t raining – the showers of the previous day has cleared off. It’s overcast – but not wet. The raingear is needed because even though there’s no rain – the plants are still quite wet.
There’s an ancient Maple tree by us that is just covered in moss. Issac was captivated by it. Look! I can see a Monkey! Look! There’s another. Monkeys? There are no monkeys in the Olympics. No, not real monkeys – they’re in the moss. Nature’s version of Hidden Pictures had us all looking for monkeys.
Issac led the way on our bushwhack. We headed down to the river and played in the water. There’s a strange sort of rock there. It looks like a regular black rock, but when you step on it the rock crumbles into small cubic chunks, then sand. The boys have named it “Puzzle Rock”, but we’d sure like to find out what it is.
After the river we headed inland. The forest floor is covered in Oxalis – it looks like a giant clover, and the ever present ferns of seemingly infinite variety. Mosses drip from the branches of the trees. The black, black soil makes everything seem greener than it really is. Lush. Hold that sh for a while… Lush-sh-sh. Yeahhh. That’s it.
We headed into Forks to find a late lunch, grocery, 1# propane bottles, and a Wi-Fi hot spot.
Finally the boys wake up. We get breakfast made, consumed, and cleaned – then into rain gear to go explore the area. There are elk and/or people trails all through the forest here – so we have lots to explore. It wasn’t raining – the showers of the previous day has cleared off. It’s overcast – but not wet. The raingear is needed because even though there’s no rain – the plants are still quite wet.
There’s an ancient Maple tree by us that is just covered in moss. Issac was captivated by it. Look! I can see a Monkey! Look! There’s another. Monkeys? There are no monkeys in the Olympics. No, not real monkeys – they’re in the moss. Nature’s version of Hidden Pictures had us all looking for monkeys.
Issac led the way on our bushwhack. We headed down to the river and played in the water. There’s a strange sort of rock there. It looks like a regular black rock, but when you step on it the rock crumbles into small cubic chunks, then sand. The boys have named it “Puzzle Rock”, but we’d sure like to find out what it is.
After the river we headed inland. The forest floor is covered in Oxalis – it looks like a giant clover, and the ever present ferns of seemingly infinite variety. Mosses drip from the branches of the trees. The black, black soil makes everything seem greener than it really is. Lush. Hold that sh for a while… Lush-sh-sh. Yeahhh. That’s it.
We headed into Forks to find a late lunch, grocery, 1# propane bottles, and a Wi-Fi hot spot.
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