Olympic Peninsula & National Park
We left Rainier and headed further northwest to Olympic Peninsula and National Park. I'm not gonna lie... our first 36 hours of Olympic Peninsula were by far the most challenging of the entire 11 day trip. The 3.5 hour drive there turned into a 5.5 hour trip with a traffic jam and all the joy that brings. We were hungry when we arrived - and were left with mediocre options for dinner. Richie and Sam's long-awaited fishing trip, with a 5:45am arrival time, one hour away (you do the math) was cancelled at 5:30am after the 3 of us got up way too early and drove to the other side of the peninsula to get there on time. This led to a complete shift of plans, which required us to drive all the way back to get Charlie and Luke just to turn back around to make the long trek back across the peninsula to go to the Hoh Rainforest. By 10am, we had already clocked 4 hours in the car. On top of all this, I was convinced the owner of our rental was a serial killer. Anyway... lemons, lemonad