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Day 2 of the sisters’ roadtrip took us first to:<\/p>\nDay 2 of the sisters’ roadtrip took us first to:<\/p>\n
In the first “oooooh!” moment of the day, the sun turned dew drops on\u00c2\u00a0gossamer moss into sparkling diamonds.\u00c2\u00a0 It looked magical to me. I have a bit of a fascination with moss<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, Kristin probably lost track of\u00c2\u00a0how many times did I said, “I love moss” <\/em>as we were walking through the forest.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 I think we also confirmed that I love living in the northwest.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s just so beautiful here<\/em>.<\/p>\n It’s a good thing Kristin loves taking pictures too, because I think most people would have wanted to slap me upside the head for all the abrupt stops I made along the side of the road to capture a picture. I think she may have wanted to as well \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n There were also very few people walking the trails, so we had the place nearly to ourselves<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 It was a beautiful, sunny day which really lit up the yellow maple trees.\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n Next post, Ruby & First Beach.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Day 2 of the sisters’ roadtrip took us first to: Hoh Rain Forest In the first “oooooh!” moment of the day, the sun turned dew drops on\u00c2\u00a0gossamer moss into sparkling diamonds.\u00c2\u00a0 It looked magical to me. I have a bit of a fascination with moss.\u00c2\u00a0 In fact, Kristin probably lost track of\u00c2\u00a0how many times did … Continue reading The road to Hoh<\/span> ![\"The](\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/forestfloor.jpg\")
One advantage to being there in the off season in the middle of the week (besides the ridiculously low motel rates)<\/em> is very little traffic on the road to the forests. Which was good since I developed a habit of stopping in the middle of the road, as there was no pull off.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n![\"Hyper](\"http:\/\/silenceoftheclams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sqhands.jpg\")
One of the highlights was coming upon an extremely hyperactive little squirrel in a tree.\u00c2\u00a0 He scrambled down a branch and pulled off a leaf, then scrambled up to a more solid branch and gobbled it up VERY FAST.\u00c2\u00a0 Then back down again.\u00c2\u00a0 Squirrel on speed<\/em>.\u00c2\u00a0 But he was very cute.\u00c2\u00a0 With a very orange underbelly.<\/p>\nTo view photos from\u00c2\u00a0the Hoh segment of our journey, CLICK HERE<\/a>.<\/h4>\n