How do you get to the Olympics?

Trip Start Jul 08, 2006

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Trip End Sep 03, 2006

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Flag of United States Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park, Washington
Sunday, July 30, 2006

Everybody should go to this spot at least once in their lifetime. And walk Ridge Trail. In winter (snowshoes on, of course) the trees are crystallized, an ice-coated twinkle, diamonds sparkling back the sun. In autumn the air is mellow gold, the grasses sway and only deer can leave the path.

It's summertime today, a chilly breeze and fog, it doesn't slow us down a bit, we climb the hill, and find a patch of snow.

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01 Andrew stalked by an elk	02 Andrew puzzle solving	03 Let's hope it's a mockup	04 A Three-deer Road Stop
05 Deer in a curve	06 Why does a deer cross the road?	07 Our first snow patch of the day	08 Blue sky dirty snow
09 The conqueror photo shot	10 I put my foot in it.	11 Winter clinging on	12 Red streak again
13 The clouds, the trees, the talus slopes	14 No people anywhere	15 Catching up to Andrew	16 If a tree falls in the forest
17 Figures from a Disney movie	18 Andrew found a bench	19 Preacher tree	20 Choir lined up to sing on the hills
21 Dainty flowers	22 And Andrew found another bench	23 Here is the Hundred Acre Wood	24 Hills with firs
25 Andrew scouting for Scouts	26 We can hear people on that hill	27 We have a visitor	28 You go right ahead and eat
29 Here's my buddy	30 And moving on	31 Looking over there again	32 And back
33 Through the clearing to the sea	34 The ski patrol cabin	35 Explaining Cirque Rim Trail	36 Big Wheel Not Turning
37 Ski lift hut	38 Trying to see the glaciers	39 Clouds, please lift!	40 You kinda get the idea
41 Andrew at Olympic National Park Headquarters	42 Little chipmunk followed us to the car