My cousin Mary and her husband John took us on three days of incredible drives around the Olympic Peninsula, including its' namesake Olympic National Park, their town of Sequim, historic Port Angeles and Lake Crescent. We thoroughly enjoyed our days there and fell in love with this beautiful and unspoiled area. Most importantly, I had a long overdue reunion with my favorite cousin. Thank you Mary and John for a wonderful trip and opening your home to our 12 feet!
Olympic National Park. These are extraordinary mountains. We picked up a National Park 'passport' and our first park stamp here.
Can you imagine Julie Andrews and the Von Trapp children running across this mountain-top meadow? We didn't see the Von Trapps, but we did enjoy a yummy picnic of chicken, salad and home baked brownies. Thanks Mary - it was all so delicious!
Later that same day we hiked along the shore of the Strait of Juan de Fuca . The strait and the shoreline are so beautiful. There is so much variety in this area.
Oh my, did we make a turn through a wormhole? It seemed I blinked and we were in France. Nope, it's still the Olympic Peninsula - now becoming a major world producer of lavender. Ah, so fragrant, so beautiful.
Our gracious hosts . . . 
. . . and their lovely home
Thanks John & Mary - we had a great time!
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yeppers the pacific northwest has huge variety and beautiful landscapes we more often then not are not aware of.
I am glad u enjoyed it so much!
see ya!
Hi Chris!
I'm glad to see you and Rikki had such a great time with Mom and Dad - they really enjoyed having you both visit! Let me know when you're heading the RV out Colorado way, and maybe we can get together. Great pictures!
Love, Julie
Hi Julie. It's good to hear from you. Thanks for the invite - we would love to visit with you in Colorado.
xo
Chris
Congratulations on your first National Park stamp! Olympic is close to the top of the list of national parks with the most stamps, with about 18 different stamps available at various locations. If you're interested in learning more about the NP passport program (and not missing any stamps in the future) check out www.parkstamps.org
Thanks, mysterious "Parkstamper". We have yet another collection at hand :) We are doing great progress with the 50 US State Quarters.
you goodies.. nature lovers!
everything is groovy in the Traveling12Feet. I hope that 4 additional feet could join at least one of your adventures in the beautiful, breathtaking and peaceful parts of the world.
keep up your great endeavors!
take care always,
ck
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