We Came, We Saw, It Rained, We Hunted Futilely for Information, We Left

Morning’s light showed us the Olympic National Park campsite we’d landed in (we arrived around 9:30 after the game) was in old growth forest. Very nice, but not as nice as Mount Rainier. With some help from a Visitor Center, we headed toward beach and rain forest, two of the unique ecosystems at this park we were looking forward to learning about. Unfortunately, the array of ranger programs was considerably less plentiful than usual, and when we caught up with one, the ranger was a bad combination of new, ditzy, and tree hugger. Frustrated at the lack of information and disappointed in the park, we decided to break for the much recommended North Cascades National Park and see how far we could get.