Zaddock in the Hall of Mosses
The children with a fallen tree
Resting from a long hike along the Hoh River
Besides hiking in the Hoh River Valley, we drove through Forks and over to see the Sea Stacks on the beach where Jensen and Zad performed a innovative play called, “Boston Jane and Philadelphia John.” It consisted of Zaddock pushing Jensen off the end of a large piece of driftwood ordering her to “walk the plank,” which she did after giving her last words which were “Remember what you said about the seven seas, there are actually eleven seas, not including oceans.” No wonder John wanted to get rid of such a know-it all.
The cold winds on the coast
Jane walks the plank
The rocky coastline
The Hoh Rain Forest was also a delightful place to camp because the sites were grassy, instead of dusty, and the temperature hardly dipped at night. The only bad part was the tent was still soaking wet from overnight dew when we had to break camp at first light. Since we were up so early we were able to catch a few of the Roosevelt Elk grazing in the campsite. We waited until we reached Port Angeles to eat breakfast, and we were rewarded for our patience by finding Cafe Garden. The food was outstanding, the waitstaff gracious (even though we were a little under dressed and hadn't showered for three days), and the girls loved the gardens on the grounds. Highly recommended.
Breakfast for Edward Cullen*
Breakfast for the humans (at Cafe Garden)
After breakfast we continued on to Spokane via Seattle and a ferry across the Puget Sound. Ken and I thought this would make a great memory for the children, but they seemed to have forgotten it by dinner time. While crossing the sound the ferry stopped for a memorial and let out three loud blasts. We were on the top deck directly below the horn, it was so loud that Declan began to cry.
On the ferry with Seattle in the distance
We spent that night at my sister Lisa's house in Spokane. It was so good to see her and her husband David, but we forgot to take any pictures until late that night after Sage had already fallen asleep. Since we so rarely get to see Lisa, Ken insisted we take a picture with all of the kids, so he hauled Sage out of bed and propped her up next to me “Weekend at Bernie’s” -style. She slept through the whole thing. 
Lisa with me and the kids
*We had not read the Twilight series before visiting the Olypmic Peninsula and were completely unaware we were in Cullen territory at the time. It was great fun, however, to read the books a few months later and realize that we had been to all of these small, out of the way places.
