Some of the fam flew up from the dirty south for a vacation (relief from the heat was a large factor in that decision). We went to the Lake Crescent Lodge for three nights and while we were there stopped at a lavender farm, went out to the Pacific, went kayaking, and went on some hikes. Good decisions all around.
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| Dinner at Ray's Cafe the last night in Seattle before heading out to the mountains in this pic. |
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| Later Seattle. Westward bound. |
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| Sequim lavender festival |
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| There were a lot of happy bees. |
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| The view from our balcony at the Lodge |
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| Lake Crescent |
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| A little loop trail next to the Lodge |
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| Jen found a hollow tree! |
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| Looking out from inside a hollow tree |
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| Where Barnes Creek empties out into Lake Crescent |
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| Walking up to the Lodge |
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| Sunset the first night. These clouds showed up every night at about the same time. |
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| Heading down the trail to Shi-Shi Beach |
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| Our first glimpse of the Pacific from the trail to Shi Shi |
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| Shi Shi Beach |
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| Sea stacks |
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| CREATURES!!! |
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| MOAR CREATURES! |
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| Looking toward Point of the Arches |
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| Back at Lake Crescent. Not a bad view from the balcony |
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| Full moon over the Lodge. Looking back from the dock. |
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| Bambi!!! |
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| On the hike out to the Marymere Falls. So many huge trees... |
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| Marymere Falls |
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| The sunroom at the Lodge |
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| Fighting the wind while kayaking w/ mama. |
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| A post kayaking beer |
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| Franklin the Marmot. A gift from Jen after we heard his brethren whistling to us on the trail to Shi Shi |
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| The last sunset at the lake |
