In the company of Giants

Two weekends ago we stayed home. We had no big plans. We survived it, but were determined to do something next weekend. So on Friday John and I still were a bit undecided on what to do. He really wanted to canoe the Hoh River. I thought it was a great idea but we were a day late in planning. The river is far away and we were not packed up or headed out. In the end  we drove up to Olympic National Park and checked out the Hoh River. Camped in a lush temperate rainforest (it did in fact rain) and did some hikes.  We were unable to check out the entirety of the park, but we got a pretty good handle of the Hoh River and Rainforest. Would we go back? For sure!

 We stopped by the beach on the way home. It was almost the nicest day we have spent on the beach since we moved here. It was so lovely.

Last stage of Montana Trip - a Wedding!

Mardell and Jon's wedding was the reason for our entire trip earlier this month. We had such a great time.
Here are a few of the highlights!

I did my hair for the wedding at like 9 am.

There were youtube videos involved.

This is well after 9pm! Still pretty tight, and I only used one bobby pin.

Yellowstone

After a beautiful night at Craters of the moon, we pushed onto to Montana. We camped on the edge of Hegben lake for two nights and during the day explored Yellowstone park. There was swimming, animal sightings, Geo-thermal feature viewing, hiking and  lots of roadside lunches.

Volcano Tour

Last week the Thielings were on vacation. Some great friends were getting married in Montana, so on the way out the the wedding we camped while looking and playing in neat and volcanic landscapes.
 
We drove to Boise the first day and stayed in a hotel. Then we went on to Craters of the Moon. I had been before in college with my family and also went back with a roommate. This time we stayed the night at the campground and saw much more of the park.

Where's Waldo?