Clouds: Below, through, and above

The name of the game today was to drive around Olympic Mountain. We took a ferry ride over to Kingston and then drove through several little towns before finally getting to Port Angeles, which is a sweet little port town at the foot of Olympic State Park.

We had lunch at a place right by the water, it was a Mexican food place, but we ended up with a pasta dish. We  also shared some amazing homemade blackberry pie for dessert. Phoenix helped us walk off our lunch on the beach behind the restaurant. There was a loan Sea Lion hanging out on the beach, and cute as she was, Phoenix was way freaked out!

The sky was super over cast and a little drizzly, but we decided to head up to the park anyways. We only meant to drive up a few miles since the visibility was so bad, but mile after mile things kept getting cooler, and before we knew it, we were actually way up above the clouds! It was unbelievably beautiful!

On the way up

About a third of the way up we saw the trip's first small patch of snow, it was just to the side of the road, and as we drove by I felt a tiny ping of regret for not having taken a picture. This would have proved pretty silly because by the time we reached Hurricane Ridge, less than 10 miles away, the snow in some places was easily 15 feet deep! Neither of us had any idea how amazing the view would be, we had gone from sea level to over 5,000 ft in less than 30 mins and it was one of the most beautiful vistas I have ever seen!

Lodge at the top of the mountain