Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Mark and Karen’s Summer Olympics #5

More water sports the next day, with a rafting trip along the Hoh river in the heart of the rainforest. P7020094

Scorching sun meant we took the opportunity to cool off in the river – floating gently past the trees was superb. Karen even managed to colour-coordinate her outfit – now that’s style.P7020101 

The next day, we breezed through the Twilight town of Forks – where I picked up some Fang Floss, Bella’s SPF15 lip balm (eh?) and my favourite merchandise tat – Dr Cullen’s Hand Sanitiser. Hilarious.

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Then straight on to Third Beach on the Pacific Ocean – a rough camp this on the beach itself, requiring a 1.5-mile walk with all our stuff  (including our precious duvet!).

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It seems the walk tired some of us out…

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The sleeping bag was necessary because of a slight meteorological miscalculation: burning sun inland + cold ocean + no winds = heavy mist. That didn’t stop me taking a dip, of course.

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And it certainly gave the beach an eerie atmosphere. In the end, it was just too damp to stay two nights.

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