Road Trip Washington State

In almost no time we zipped across the Columbia River into Washington. You can't really stop on the bridge to take pictures, but this is the view east up the Columbia.

And this is looking forward into Washington

 And amazingly, we had just barely crossed the border when we stopped at Cape Disappointment State Park with two more lighthouses and a Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center.

North Head Light House was lovely

The Cape Disappointment light was not quite as nice, but we had a nice walk and a side trip to the Lewis and Clark Center.

We continued up the coast to Olympic National Park and took a walk through the Quinault Rain Forest.  We took a vacation with the kids here in 1990, and I think we took this exact same hike to Pony Bridge.

 It is a spectacular location

And I believe that this is the same red jacket I was wearing in 1990

We wanted to stay at the Quinault Lodge, but the entire Olympic Nation Park was booked, so we drove on to spend the night in Forks of the Twilight series fame.  It was actually a nice town. Not a vampire in sight.  In the morning we headed toward Port Angeles to catch the ferry to Victoria, but did a quick side trip to Marymere waterfall along the way.

We had time in Port Angeles to wander around the town and have brunch at a crepe restaurant, which I really enjoyed. I liked this art at the ferry terminal.

And then on the ferry and farewell to the US.