{"id":15904,"date":"2026-01-11T16:19:42","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T20:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/?p=15904"},"modified":"2026-01-11T17:41:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T21:41:38","slug":"olympic-national-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/olympic-national-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic National Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"15904\" class=\"elementor elementor-15904\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5003222d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5003222d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2a4d9442\" data-id=\"2a4d9442\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fa81012 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5fa81012\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Olympic National Park<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-69d1ebc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"69d1ebc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f757b7\" data-id=\"7f757b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e65d74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9e65d74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>25 May 2025<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c28a0c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c28a0c8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1410e487\" data-id=\"1410e487\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69707ac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69707ac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Olympic National Park was a surprise. It has flown under my radar of American National Parks. I enjoyed it much more than I had anticipated. The rainforest felt old and covered in ferns and moss &#8211; quintessential PNW.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d60a3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7d60a3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"338\">Friday, May 24th, we drove from our home in Oregon to Puyallup, Washington, a trip of about two and a half hours. We stayed the night with my brother and his family before heading into Olympic National Park the next morning.<\/p><p data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"1417\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-36370a73 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"36370a73\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c4d2355\" data-id=\"7c4d2355\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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The hike was short but incredibly dense and green, with towering trees, thick ferns, and mushrooms scattered everywhere along the forest floor. There were very few people on the trail, which made it feel quiet and immersive. 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alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1356-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1356-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1356-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1356-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1356-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1356-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"8162c23\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1363\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MTUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xMzYzLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODE2MmMyMyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1363-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1363-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1363-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1363-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1363-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1363-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1363-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1363-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39b0ed3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39b0ed3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Afterwards, we walked back to the lodge and hung out by the water for a while. I want to return to Lake Quinault! It&#8217;s majestic.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08831ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"08831ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1816c4a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1816c4a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afd436e\" data-id=\"afd436e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9f470e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9f470e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Merriman Falls<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-735259c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"735259c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"942\" data-end=\"1275\">We took a short drive from Lake Quinault to <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/kMQjVLqsJ7GQCiQo8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Merriman Falls<\/a>. It\u2019s a small waterfall just off the side of the road. When we arrived, there was only one other car in the parking area. The setting was peaceful and photogenic. It was an easy and worthwhile stop.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c753883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"c753883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-15904 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"c753883\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1364\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MTYsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xMzY0LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiYzc1Mzg4MyJ9\" 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src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1366-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1366-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1366-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1366-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1366-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1366-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1366-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-897d939 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"897d939\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-af79432 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"af79432\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c7d863a\" data-id=\"c7d863a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ef6dfc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8ef6dfc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kalaloch Beach<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a967a3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a967a3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1368-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15907\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1368-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1368-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1368-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1368-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1368-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1368-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ee1101 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2ee1101\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1316\" data-end=\"1676\">Around midday, we headed north to <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/1g8MgdCNziCCXAmD8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kalaloch Beach<\/a> to see the famous <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/zxcDA1jpAoTXV2x99\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree of Life<\/a>. Recent storms had washed away much of the soil around its roots, leaving the massive tree suspended just above the ground. It seemed like it wouldn&#8217;t take long before it comes down.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8891cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f8891cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1377-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15922\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1377-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1377-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1377-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1377-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1377-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1377-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07dd308 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07dd308\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Walking the beach was pleasant enough; quite a few people were enjoying the sun.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-808b5bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"808b5bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-15904 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"808b5bc\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1374\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MjAsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xMzc0LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODA4YjViYyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1374-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1374-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1374-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1374-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1374-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1374-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1374-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1374-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"808b5bc\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1379\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MjEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xMzc5LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiODA4YjViYyJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1379-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1379-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1379-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1379-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1379-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1379-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1379-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1379-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6de90f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"6de90f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8b8d5d0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8b8d5d0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cc29684\" data-id=\"cc29684\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc8c9fe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"dc8c9fe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Hoh Rainforest<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35bc35b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"35bc35b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-15904 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"35bc35b\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1389\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MjMsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xMzg5LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzViYzM1YiJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1389-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1389-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1389-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1389-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1389-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1389-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1389-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1389-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"35bc35b\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1397\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MjQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xMzk3LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzViYzM1YiJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1397-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1397-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1397-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1397-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1397-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1397-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1397-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1397-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"35bc35b\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1393\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MjUsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xMzkzLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzViYzM1YiJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1393-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1393-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1393-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1393-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1393-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1393-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1393-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1393-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-073d582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"073d582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"2050\" data-end=\"2365\">Later in the afternoon, we drove about an hour to the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/gSC6yPYEt8LjdFga6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hoh Rainforest<\/a> and walked the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/qEPhVXpPdmX9jzjr5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hall of Mosses Trail<\/a>. The trail is aptly named. The trees were completely coated in thick, green moss. It&#8217;s a short walk and was pretty crowded, but I think it&#8217;s worth doing once.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7335381 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"7335381\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-15904 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7335381\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1386\" 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https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1390-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1390-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"7335381\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1396\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MjksInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xMzk2LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiNzMzNTM4MSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1396-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1396-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1396-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1396-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1396-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1396-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1396-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1396-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7dbad73 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7dbad73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f39db54 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f39db54\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8b9b873\" data-id=\"8b9b873\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-770578c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"770578c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"2396\" data-end=\"2743\">That evening, we drove toward Forks and stayed at RW Services RV Park, which cost $35 for the night. We cooked New York steaks on our one-burner camping stove and settled in for our first night of camping on the trip. The campground wasn\u2019t scenic, but it was clean, well-run, and quiet.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7d72726 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7d72726\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a1da7e\" data-id=\"0a1da7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-923ae7c elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"923ae7c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d743689 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"d743689\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D\u00eda 2<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33121ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33121ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Bella&#8217;s Truck<\/li><li>Sol Duc Falls<\/li><li>Lake Crescent Lodge<\/li><li>Moments in Time Trail<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7726452 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"7726452\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c968d45 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c968d45\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1dca0c1\" data-id=\"1dca0c1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-501e100 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"501e100\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indi woke up looking like this. It&#8217;s one of my favorite photos of her.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c76ef3e\" data-id=\"c76ef3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4fad55c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4fad55c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1411-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15931\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1411-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1411-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1411-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1411-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1411-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1411-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-30f8945 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"30f8945\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6999986\" data-id=\"6999986\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e25bc00 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e25bc00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f81ff5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8f81ff5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bella's Truck<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7417bd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7417bd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1422-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15930\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1422-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1422-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1422-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1422-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1422-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1422-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619ea53 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"619ea53\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indi is a super fan of the book and movie series <em>Twilight<\/em>. So naturally, we had to visit Forks. We stopped outside of the Forks Chamber of Commerce, where they have <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/pDBuEZGne38FewXj8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bella&#8217;s Truck<\/a>. One model is the one described in the book; the other is the one she drives in the movie.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36d32c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"36d32c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Twilight museum was closed, so we went to eat breakfast in a diner. I can&#8217;t remember if the diner, <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/6nDMDbfhLKPQr1sj7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The In Place<\/a>, makes an appearance in a movie, but the food was good.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3b99f3a elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"3b99f3a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cc5556b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cc5556b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-feb584a\" data-id=\"feb584a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c93df3f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c93df3f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sol Duc Falls<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30f304d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"30f304d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1429-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1429-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1429-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1429-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1429-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1429-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"30f304d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1431\" 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https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1431-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1431-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"30f304d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1428\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5MzQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xNDI4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiMzBmMzA0ZCJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1428-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1428-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1428-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1428-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1428-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1428-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1428-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1428-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8374e6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8374e6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"110\" data-end=\"618\">We drove about an hour and a half to the <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/GJ3Fc7YsQK3NhaF79\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sol Duc Falls trailhead<\/a>. The hike to the falls is roughly 1.6 miles round trip, and both the trail and the destination were more crowded than we expected.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf8026d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"cf8026d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-15904 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"cf8026d\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1440\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The heavy foot traffic on the trail and around the falls was unfortunate and really detracted from the experience.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-205a763 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"205a763\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fb1e6e3\" data-id=\"fb1e6e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d898b2 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One thing that quickly became clear on this trip is how spread out everything is in Olympic National Park. We slowly made a clockwise loop around the park, starting at its southernmost point. We hung out around the lodge, then we took the short hike along the shore.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9b9a0e6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"9b9a0e6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-9' class='gallery galleryid-15904 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9b9a0e6\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1461\" 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Moments in Time Trail<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd93365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dd93365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As we walked along the lake shore near the Lake Crescent Lodge, we found the trail kept going further than expected and branching off into different directions.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59ab554 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"59ab554\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Indi and I find waterfalls to often be anticlimactic, so we did not stay long. It really do be about the journey, not the destination.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-94595fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"94595fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-12' class='gallery galleryid-15904 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"94595fa\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1492\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5NTEsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xNDkyLXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOTQ1OTVmYSJ9\" 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src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1491-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1491-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1491-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1491-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1491-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1491-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1491-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"94595fa\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1488\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5NTQsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xNDg4LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOTQ1OTVmYSJ9\" href='https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1488-scaled.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1488-768x1024.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1488-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1488-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1488-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1488-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1488-9x12.jpeg 9w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1488-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fc586d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fc586d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1164\" data-end=\"1453\">One of the coolest things we saw was wild flowers blooming in a meadow area close to the lodge. I saw a doe bedded down in the flowers just off the trail.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2d089ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2d089ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-587b6f3\" data-id=\"587b6f3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5b0a9a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"5b0a9a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2646720 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2646720\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1495\" data-end=\"1715\">That evening, we set up camp at <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/9DY9Yt4kQoi6Pt278\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heart of the Hills Campground<\/a>. It was my favorite campsite of the trip. It was right next to the park entrance, so we had to wait in line to get inside, which was a little annoying.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cca4a2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cca4a2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1503-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15955\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1503-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1503-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1503-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1503-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1503-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1503-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eacb2f9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eacb2f9\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-36cae2e\" data-id=\"36cae2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd05362 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"cd05362\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b56a449 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b56a449\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">D\u00eda 3<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b989178 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b989178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Port Angeles &amp; the Wharf<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a948534 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"a948534\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59d4f44 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59d4f44\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6b93ec6\" data-id=\"6b93ec6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0df2b2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0df2b2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1759\" data-end=\"1970\">The next day, we started driving toward the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center, but the weather wasn\u2019t cooperating and the conditions didn\u2019t look promising. Instead of pushing on, we turned around and changed plans.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d27b77c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d27b77c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ea338b9\" data-id=\"ea338b9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e22d5fb elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e22d5fb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26fd625 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"26fd625\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Port Angeles &amp; the Wharf<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8a01c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e8a01c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1508-1024x768.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-15956\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1508-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1508-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1508-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1508-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1508-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG_1508-16x12.jpeg 16w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a916f6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a916f6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"2007\" data-end=\"2365\">We spent the morning in Port Angeles, walking around the town and especially the waterfront and wharf area. We browsed the small shops, grabbed New Zealand-style ice cream by the water, and took our time exploring. I picked up a few things, including an art print of a shark.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9e05721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image-gallery\" data-id=\"9e05721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image-gallery.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-image-gallery\">\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-13' class='gallery galleryid-15904 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-elementor-lightbox-slideshow=\"9e05721\" data-elementor-lightbox-title=\"IMG_1504\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6MTU5NTcsInVybCI6Imh0dHBzOlwvXC93ZXN0aW5kaWVzdHJhdmVsLmNvbVwvd3AtY29udGVudFwvdXBsb2Fkc1wvMjAyNlwvMDFcL0lNR18xNTA0LXNjYWxlZC5qcGVnIiwic2xpZGVzaG93IjoiOWUwNTcyMSJ9\" 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After several such occasions, I have decided to share a travel guide for future visitors to benefit from my experience of planning travel and traveling around this special island.","sameAs":["http:\/\/westindiestravel.com","https:\/\/facebook.com\/westindiestravel","https:\/\/instagram.com\/westindiestravel","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/terrestrialtemple\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@westindiestravel"]}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"trp-custom-language-flag":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Zach","author_link":"https:\/\/westindiestravel.com\/es\/author\/terrestrialtemplegmail-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":2,"uagb_excerpt":"Olympic National Park 25 May 2025 Olympic National Park was a surprise. It has flown under my radar of American National Parks. I enjoyed it much more than I had anticipated. 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