I usually wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and last night was no exception – I was up about 2:30 am. I had just dozed off when I heard something fall and hit the floor. WTH? I was suddenly wide awake. My 1st thought was “geological hazard” – all the signs warned us over and over about if we felt the earth shake or heard a train – shaking earth at 2am *could* make things fall on the floor. Did I mention that the idea that Mt. Rainier could erupt while were sleeping and send mud & ice down the river that was just feet from us terrified me? I didn’t sleep well the whole time we were there. Anyway, that was my 1st thought, that my worst fear had come true! I laid there a minute or two, listening. I didn’t hear anything else, so I reached for the flashlight to see what had hit the floor. All I could see was a Diet Dr. Pepper can. Also there was other stuff on the table that would have fallen over and rolled around had the earth been shaking, so I quickly ruled out “geological hazard” and breathed a sigh of relief! But there was still the issue of how the Diet Dr. Pepper can had gotten from the table to the floor. I scanned the RV with my flashlight – sleeping in the cab-over makes this particularly easy! As I swept my flashlight over the cab area I saw the culprit. Right between the 2 front seats was a tiny, and rather scared, mouse. I kept the light on him as he (or she) ran into one of the crevices along the floor. I then decided to take the granola & cliff bars out of my backpack so the mouse wouldn’t chew a hole in my pack. This morning I found a nibbled cliff bar on the table! When we were at Fred Meyer we bought some of those scary the mice away with a high pitched noise thingys that I had plugged in – I hope it works!
This morning we were heading out early to drive to Olympic NP – about 250 miles! Since it was so cold I just got up and put some clothes on over my long underwear and decided to put on “regular” clothes later when it warmed up! Since getting ready was so easy we were able to roll out of the campground right around 8am.
We got to the Bonny Lake Fred Meyer about 9. Dad put gas in the Jeep, Mom and I hit McDonalds for breakfast, then we went to Fred Meyer to get groceries for the week. It was about 11:30 before we headed out down the road!
The drive was pretty good, especially after we got past Olympia! Dad’s GPS kept giving him bad information which was causing us to continually change lanes – I felt like I’d signed up for “lane changing in your RV 101”! :-) Once we got past Olympia it was all 2 lane highways so no lane changing issues!
We arrived in Forks around 4:00. It’s not particularly scenic here – lots of logging and clear cuts and the campground is an open field with a trailer park on one side, but we have full hook ups and great wifi! What more could you want?
We got an early dinner and then headed out to check out the Forks Outfitter – grocery store, hardware store and clothing store all in one – pretty nice!
After the store we drove out to Rialto Beach in the Mora area of Olympic National Park. Very cool beach. It has huge piles of drift wood – huge dead trees that have washed up, and lots and lots of rocks! In fact there was very little sand – and the sand that was there was black. Out in the ocean there were islands with trees on them that would get covered with fog and disappear, then reappear. I of course stuck my feet in the water – it was cold! But it was so nice to walk back on rocks rather than sand – no grit between my toes! The air temp there was cold too, especially with the wind whipping! The sunset itself was underwhelming – there was a low line of fog that obstructed it. The beach is WAY cool, we are planning to go back and walk up the beach to a hole in the rock or something, probably Sunday!
I’m ready to crawl under the covers – it’s chilly here – mid-50s, but not as cold as it was in Mt. Rainier! I’m looking forward to a good nights sleep now that I’m not right under that scary volcano! :-)
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