We woke to a very foggy morning, and we left today for Hoquiam, which is down the coast of WA. We are excited to finally turn southward, although we have had a great trip so far. We might even find some warmer weather. We've been consistently hovering around the low to mid-50 degree weather for highs and low 40's for night temperatures, while we have been in the Seattle area. We're not complaining, as the sun was shining! We drove Hwy. 101, where it runs through part of Olympic National Park and they still had the closed signs up, even though the government settled their dispute last night. I'm sure it takes time to get things up and running again. Hwy. 101 took us past Crescent Lake, which is part of Olympic NP and it was beautiful. We were at one time, at 55 feet above sea level. No wonder we were in a fog! At one point, we caught sight of the ocean, and the surf was up. What a beautiful sight! We arrived at our campground, got set up and tended to our chores. I did laundry and Jim got the satellite dish set up. Now we're 'home' again! We have a plaque that we got from our good friends and former neighbors, the Dresen's, and it says, 'Home is where you hook up'. That is the first thing we do when we get to a place, is hang that plaque up. Jim says that he always knows he's in his own bed, but sometimes he loses sight of where that is! We really do love to be on the road, and we look forward to our next adventures in this area. We picked up a lot of information from the office here, and we'll strike off for the coastal state parks and small towns tomorrow. We will be here five days, so it will allow us plenty of time to explore. It feels SO good to be back online again! We didn't have any emergency phone messages, or e-mails, so all is well on the home front! I'll go light on the pictures today, as I overloaded on a few this past week!
Crescent Lake in Olympic National Park
Our first sight of the Pacific Ocean today
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