Lucy just woke up from a nap as we got on the ferry. She was a little bewildered as to what was going on.
We had a magical time walking through the trails at Bloedel Reserve. I love that there are so many different types of environments. Prentice Blodel was interested in exploring the different emotions that one experiences when out in nature, and I felt like each place at the reserve had a different "feel."
I felt like we were approaching a small English estate (like a miniature Lyme Park) when we came around the bend and saw this lake and house.
J and Sam also attended a Mariner's game with the cub scouts.
Most recently, we went on an impromptu camping trip to Sequim over the 4th of July holiday weekend. It has been really hot up here, and we noticed that the weather was twenty degrees cooler on the Olympic Peninsula. J found a tent site at the John Wayne Waterfront Resort (he thinks it was the last site available on the whole peninsula). It wasn't the most secluded spot, but we didn't plan far enough in advance to get something spectacular. We did love having our tent be located across the street from Sequim Bay and the marina, though. We had a fun time overall, despite a few mishaps (including forgetting the key to our car-top storage bin, but luckily we found a locksmith who made a new key).
Lucy is clapping her hands in delight about her first time camping!
Even though the resort was mostly a camping place for RVs, we did get a little tent site that was next to some lovely trees, a stream, and a cute bridge.
Sequim Bay, just across from our camping resort
We also enjoyed getting to do some hiking while we were on the peninsula. We went to Marymere Falls on Friday afternoon (before we set up our campsite). The hike is short (a little less than 2 miles there-and-back) with only a very slight elevation gain. The waterfall is quite stunning, and both J and I agreed that the payoff was really rewarding, despite the minimal effort required by the hike itself.
Lucy fell asleep on the trail, but we almost got a good family picture in this shot!
The trail to Marymere Falls goes right by Lake Crescent. The water was really beautiful: it was a bright turquoise water in the deeper area of the lake. We played around in the water for about twenty or thirty minutes before heading back to our car.
After cleaning up our tent site the following morning, we hiked out on the Dungeness Spit. We didn't make it to the lighthouse at the end (which would have been a ten mile walk there-and-back!), but we did walk out for over a mile.
The sand spit in the distance
Happy 4th of July! We joked that it was ironic that we spent the morning of the 4th of July staring at Canada across the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
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