Saturday, October 20, 2007

Lake Quinault




Two weeks ago, Jenny and I went to Lake Quinault, in the Olympic National Forest of Washington. It was beautiful. The lake is huge, and the lodge was one of those giant old buildings with lots of natural wood and a big roaring fire. One of the most interesting aspects of the area is that, surrounding the lake are several world record size trees! It was raining slightly, but that didn’t hold us back from taking some trails to see the trees.

There is also a trail that runs deep into the woods where you suddenly find a very interesting abandoned farm. Old rusty trucks are always fascinating to me, so I took a couple pictures of an ancient Chevy. Jenny’s big find along the trail was $6! The $5 and $1 bills were just laying on the ground – clearly dropped by another hiker. We didn’t see anyone else out there on the trail, so we figured that the six bucks wasn’t the difference between anyone’s grandma’s heart operation and it was ours.

The trip was nice, but it was our first weekend away from the little guy (whose grandparents stayed at our house to keep an eye on him and his dog and cats). We probably left for home sooner than we could have. -Keith

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