We stopped at the flagship REI store in Seattle, a place I've always wanted to go.  Jessica was sad that I didn't buy her a new pair of Chaco's, but the kids had fun running around in the little tree house inside the store.I had thought about taking the ferry across the Puget Sound to continue, but instead decided to just drive around it.  My most anticipated area of this whole trip was Olympic National Park and it did not disappoint.  The weather was fantastic and we really enjoyed every sight and hike.  Kiara even found a cheapie CTR ring in the snow of the parking lot at Hurricane Ridge.  There was no likely owner in sight, so we let her keep it and she is very proud of it.

We stopped at Forks, WA, the town made famous by the Twilight movies.  It really seemed like Twilight is a new driving force and focal point for this little logging town.  Everywhere we went, businesses were trying to capitalize on the fame.  We went into one store on the main drag and they even had an adults only section.  Our kids were getting restless in that store while Jessica shopped and Kiara actually body slammed Dallin (a first).  I got very mad at her and within a few seconds we had two screaming children and promptly exited the store.  Must have been the dark forces in there.  Jessica was disappointed that we didn't have time to hang out in La Push with the werewolves.

We stopped at Rialto Beach, the infamous driftwood beach.  The tide was high enough that we couldn't walk very far along the beach between the water and the driftwood, but saw other people traversing a trail amongst the pile of driftwood.  That was quite an undertaking with 3 small children, but we eventually made it.  We played in the tide pools for a bit, but it was starting to get dark.  Rather than deal with the driftwood, we decided to take our shoes and carry children across the beach to outrun the tide.  At one point, I retreated  into the rocks to escape the waves and slipped on a rock and cut my big toe open...blood everywhere.  At the water's edge we saw starfish and other tide pool animals.  The kids thought those were pretty cool.