Wednesday, July 16, 2008

Pacific Northwest- back safely

We made it back to Seattle safe and sound! I know we all feel excited and sad at the same time. Super excited with what we experienced and saw, but a little sad that the end is near :( We definitely can't complain about the weather, it has been absolutely amazing over the course of the 16 days, or the wonderful people we met along the way!!

From Victoria, we made our way back to the U.S to the Olympic Peninsula and camped for 4 nights at the National Park, Sequim Bay and then Kitsap. To get there we had to do an insane 5mile straight climb up the mountain, which was probably the hardest climb during the entire trip. At the National Park we did another uphill hike to a beautiful, but freezing lake where we relaxed and had lunch. One of our trekkers, Lee Kuhn, swam all the way in the glacier water to an island, which we have now deemed Kuhn Isle. On our beautiful ride to Kitsap we stopped at a private farm, picked our own vegetables and had a wonderful lunch on their lawn with their dog Ringo :) We were pretty stinky after 4 nights of camping, so we headed to Vashon Island where we had the luxury of a shower and staying in authentic teepee tents. Now, back in Seattle, we will wrap up our trip and treat ourselves to restaurants, movies and more fun!