Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Mark and Karen’s Summer Olympics #6

On Saturday, we drove down to Kalaloch Lodge for a final lunch with Ginger and Kurt. More great old-school tourism…

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Then Karen and I hit the dirt roads again to head up to Queets for our 4th of July celebration. We were expected a packed campsite bursting at the seams. We found a half-empty ground with a sweet spot right by the river.P7048729

Around the site, probably the most serene, welcoming and simply beautiful trail we’d been on all week.

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On the way home from Queets on Sunday, we had our best wildlife sighting – a black bear cub loping across the Forest Service road in front of us. We hung around for a while (in the car!) but there was no sign of the mother. Karen persuaded me that we probably couldn’t take it home. Spoilsport.

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Finally, home for our first shower in a week – and a shave for me. Karen insisted that I leave a moustache on to see if she liked it. Foolish words.

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