For Father's Day weekend we headed to the Olympics to hike, swim and explore. This area is becoming one of our favorite places. This time we camped at a Hip camp in Sequim. It was our first time using one and we were pleasantly surprised. Hip camps are land that people rent out. Our host, Rob was fantastic! He even watched our dogs while we hiked Mt Storm King.
We hiked to a magical cove from Salt Creek campground.
After the cove hike, we decided to enjoy the sunshine and take a dip in the lake. Even though it was cold, we all jumped in and swam in our clothes.
Heading up Mt Storm King. It was a 2 mile hike from sea to summit, gaining 2,000 feet of elevation. The hike was intense, and our legs were burning but we were rewarded with amazing views of Crescent Lake and the mountains.
We are about to begin the unmaintained rope section to reach the summit. There was a series of 5 ropes to help with the climb.
We got to the top and were lucky enough to have the whole thing to ourselves to enjoy the view.
Avery and I ran down the trail and used our extra time to check out Marymere falls.
