Vacation III: South Washington Coast to the California Redwoods

Next section of our vacation, driving and camping along the southern Washington and Oregon coast line. We learned about Louis and Clarke, saw great beaches and noisy off-road vehicle and of course massive trees, see for yourself:

 Driftwood as further up north.

 Kids pretend to be a rock band, they call themself: 'Die wilden Jungs'. No idea where they got that from.

 Stylish riding down the coast.

 A nice climbing tree right next to our tent.

 Kids stay up till sunset, regularly.

 and run in evening light until they get tired - very tired!

 No, not palm trees, trees with few branches.

 The beach is just a huge playground.

 Oregon dunes, beuatiful! But unfortunately full of noisy off-road vehicles. Thus we just drove past them to get to the Redwood National Park.

 America! (and a very tasty bakery/cafe)

 Experiments with long exposures at the southern tip of Oregon.

 Redwoods are massive, we all look like tiny dwarfs!

 Can you spot Theda, Jonte and Katrin in this image?

 Theda is standing o the same log as I am, while taking this picture.

And of course, since it is hot in California, we do need ice cream in the car!

Vacation II: Hoh Rainforest

Next stop was the Hoh-rainforest, as expected it did rain there a little, though no hard rain, just drizzle. We looked out for the river otter we saw here last year, but only found tracks of it in the high grass. Pretty great place to stay - if you don't mind humidity:

 Narne at camp.

 Jont in front of a fallen tree. Within a couple of years it will be a nurse log with several new trees growing on top.

 Moss,

 and more moss.

 The lawns here are not mowed, it is deer that keep them short and other plants from growing.

 Plenty of fascinating tree 'sculptures' around.

Tree hovering across a small creek.

 The trees here are large - but small compared to those to come further south along the coast. Next we are on the way to the Redwoods.

Vacation I: Lake Ozette

Finally Google does what I want it to do. Thus 3 blog entries will follow with a nice photo collection of our 2 week camping trip along the Washington and Oregon coast. We started a Lake Ozette in the Olympic National Park:

 

 The board walk to the Pacific Ocean coast. In most places it was not in such a good shape as here, but still we managed to even bring the stroller for Narne with some difficulties.

 The view south from our camp site.

 Narne was really into frisbee ... still is!

 Nice camping spot in sun and rain.

 The coast line

 -.- another photo with the tent.

 Narne climbing everywhere

 Driftwood - in vast amounts

 Jonte on top of the log-bridge. Pretty slippery when it rained!

 Peerates on the way to the top.

 I chew on something .. no idea what!

 Chiton in a tidepool, first time ever I saw such a creatures.

  Theda gathering firewood

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 Chatting at the camp fire.

 On our way to filter some water for drinking and cooking.

 Noodles are about to be ready!

 Reasonable size, warming camp fire from driftwood.

 One of the few family photos.

 Caravan back through the forest.

 After walking 2 miles!!! Narne fell asleep within seconds after sitting in the stroller.

On our way to the Hoh-rainforrest the kids recover from the backpacking trip.