- Aug 30, 2001
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My boss suprised me last week by giving me a couple days paid vacation for a job well done. I decided to take this Monday and Tuesday off. I notified my friend Paul of my sudden two days,a nd he suggested camping in the Elwha River Valley. We'd spoken about doing it earlier in the summer when we went to the rain forest. We decided to go for it! To reach our campground required a 3 mile hike. This meant the only gear we could bring is what we can carry in (and definitely on) our backpacks. Minimal amount of spare clothes, sleeping bag, food, lots of water. I've never camped like this before, and it was a pretty serious deal for me, since there's always the underlying threat that my lung could collapse on me again at any given time. I needed to do it though, if only for my own mental well being. It turned out to be a very exhillerating experience, and I look forward to doing it again! As we made the hike in, it rained off and on. It wasn't too cold, and there was no wind at all. When we finally reached the campsite we set our bags down and began to look for firewood. It would be getting dark soon. It felt very weird walking right after we took our packs off. Anyways, I'm starting to ramble. Here's the pics: This is the view from about halfway up the mountain to the parking lot. You drive 5 miles up, then park, then hike 3 more miles. We were very deep, heh.
Trying to be creative. Notice the picture in his viewfinder. It's the same view of the first pic I posted.
Random:
Paul in the fog:
I think this is my favorite so far:
From our campsite:
Trying to be creative. Notice the picture in his viewfinder. It's the same view of the first pic I posted.
Random:
Paul in the fog:
I think this is my favorite so far:
From our campsite:
