Olympic National Park

Weekdays are pretty much the same. Work, gym (if I feel like it), eat and go to bed. I've been trying to get up early to do some walking around the house since there's plenty of hills to challenge me. Some days are more successful than others.

Dasha and I went to the Olympic peninsula for the weekend. Her boss had a trailer in a park which was nice with a clubhouse that had a shower. We went for two hikes. The first one was at the Staircase (used to have a staircase many moons ago) where we did a 12 mile hike (roundtrip) for what seemed straight up. It brought us to this pair of lakes up so high that the water was very cold! Dasha was brave enough to dive in but I chickened out. Just putting my feet in for a few seconds made them numb! The view was beautiful...blue water, green trees and snow in patches on the way up. We were pretty tired afterwards and glad to be able to shower at the clubhouse.

The second day we went to Hurricane Ridge. We drove to the top and from there did a short hike. The view was amazing...the sun was shining and there were very few clouds. It was so clear that we could see Victoria, Canada across the strait. There were also deer roaming around near the cars and buildings. We left early to be able to get home and relax. It was a busy weekend.