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Elwha Camping Adventure

Close on the heels of the start of sleeping outside season comes the beginning of camping season. This year's season started with 2 nights at the Elwha Campground in Olympic National Park. Despite and a lost pocket knife*, I'm calling the adventure a success. Being out on new trails, around big trees, and surrounded by unknown wildlife sounds was a much needed change of pace.

One of the highlights was finally making it up to the much storied Olympic Hot Springs. An easy 2.5-mile hike took us to 7 or so shallow, steamy pools. The unoccupied ones were a little grubby for my liking, so I made due with just soaking my feet. Next time, however, I hope to come back in the true off-season and be able to get in the good ones. Shooting for just a couple weeks earlier in the year would not only clear out the other soakers, but would also probably have more than the trace of snow that was around this time. Soaking in natural hot springs with snow and gorgeous nature all around you - yeah, sign me up. Next year.

Monday May 4 2009

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on Mon 04th May, 2009 11:15 pm PDT Horge said:
Shame you lost the knife. Otherwise, yep. Though can't remember where all we travelled (Tubingen, Rothenburg... ? ...)
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on Tue 05th May, 2009 10:08 am PDT Wren said:
Fresh off the cell phone*, springs .
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