Phew! I almost lost the password for this blog too. Thank goodness my password is my name! (It's not.) Who here likes pictures? Me! I have a ton here of glorious Washington. Not as awesome as glorious Utah (there's no fry sauce) but still moderately glorious.
These were taken on our trip through the olympic peninsula. We hiked through the Quinault rainforest, then camped that night on
Quinault Lake. There were a ton of huge waterfalls and ginormous trees. There's a pic of us standing next to the largest spruce tree in the world! Then we drove to the coast and camped on a cliff above the beach (the close up of Chris and Rocky). Story continued on next post with more pics.
It's not really my backyard. I have to drive up the hill then hike for half an hour to get here. This is Coal Creek Falls which tumbles merrily down the other side of the mountain on which I live. My mountain is also home to cougars, bears, old prospectors, and bathing hobos (I thought the noise coming from the creek was a bear, but then I saw the sweatpants draped over a nearby bush. Then I saw the campsite with caution tape around it. Then I ran.)
I took these when I first moved here. The falls are HUGE now. Not that it matters. It might for the bathing hobos, however.
We decided to drive around the rest of the peninsula the next day and take the ferry back, so we stopped at Ruby Beach. There was a huge river that ran into the ocean here with amazing craggy rocks sticking up on the beach and in the water. 
