Babymoon in Washington

Thanks to Grandpa and Grandma Huxter, we were able to travel to Washington to attend the wedding for one of Whit's Friends.  We made it a long weekend and made a road trip to/through Olympic National Park (which neither of us realized was so huge) and Tacoma.

Scott loves waking up early to fly.
And by early I mean before 4am.
And by loves, I really mean hates.

After our arrival, we spent the morning in Seattle walking around, shopping, eating and drinking beer (only one of us).

We took the afternoon ferry out to Bainbridge Island and were pleasantly surprised to learn that the room we rented in someone's house also happened to come with a wonderful home cooked dinner and fresh baked homemade cookies because, well,  they happened to have too much crab to eat.

 

View from our super fantastic house on Bainbridge Island.

A nice amber before Jerry and Amber's wedding.

Beautiful day in Washington for an outdoor wedding.

And a beautiful wedding.

  The next day it was off to Olympic National Park...

Due to Whit being pregnant, we didn't get to do too much adventurous hiking.
View from the easy walking trail at Hurricane Ridge.

Dinner at the only restaurant in La Push included fish and a million tater tots, each. Even after I called it quits, there were still 44 tots remaining on my plate.

Exploring the beaches around La Push... at 7pm.

And because the sun never sets, we still had more time to go walking to find First Beach (no really, that's what it is named).

First Beach at sunset... at 9pm.

After spending the night in Forks, WA, we headed to check out the Hoh Rainforest a bit.  Thankfully it was dry season, but that made for a warm and muggy day.  On average, the Hoh Rain Forest receives between 140-170 inches (i.e. 12-14 feet) of precipitation each year.

Again, because Whit was pregnant and not up to any big hikes, we checked out the weenie trails around the Visitor Center to get a taste of the area: the Hall of Mosses Trail and the Spruce Nature Trail.

Whit and the Big Sitka Spruce tree which is 191 feet tall and 1,000 years old.

We arrived at Ruby Beach just in time to check out the changing tide and check out some of the sea life on the rocks.  It was perfect weather for just walking around leisurely.

After leaving Olympic National Park, we headed to Tacoma to explore before heading home the next day.  Someone spent most of their time in Tacoma sampling beers at the local breweries.  The other someone did a fair amount of Root Beer sampling...