We just got done hiking for FOREVER. Well, it felt like forever and our legs are real tired now. The Olympic NP was beautiful and lush with huge trees covered in moss, waterfalls, big slugs, bears, deer, elk, and not many people. It's so different from the CO mountains because of all the vegetation. Even though the highest point we hiked to was 4700', the trail was very rugged. It went straight up & down (2000' vertical gain in 1.5 miles). Our first night out, we hadn't seen any people and were a little terrified at the thought of a bear snooping around our tent (Ashley made me go to the bathroom with her in the middle of the night). We didn't see any bears, but we saw plenty of fresh bear scat (pooh), and one guy we passed (who camped at the same places we did), said he had seen 4 different bears playing in the water & eating berries.On the hike out this morning, our legs failing us, the only thing that kept us moving was jonathan's serenade to ashley of every cheesy song he knows (Bed of roses by bon jovi, I'll be there for you, Redneck woman by gretchen wilson, all of the guns & roses classics, and of course, the grand finale of Peculiar by SFC (soldiers for christ).
We wish we could have spent more time there, but now we're headed to Mt. Rainier to meet our friend Nelson from Flatirons Church.
2 comments:
Its great reading about your exploits. Sounds like you are having lots of fun. Glad you didn't meet any bears! Happy Birthday on Tuesday... we will be thinking about you. We really miss you guys already!!!! Love and blessings on you. Mom and Dad
Thanks, yeah we're having a good time but miss you both as well! We'll be spending Jonathan's Birthday in Canada...hope we can find some fun climbing routes for his special day!
Thank you for your prayers! We love you,
Ashley and Jonathan
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