Our Trip to Washington State, Part IV

Saturday, June 16 – drive to Lake Crescent Lodge

We left Seattle today for Lake Crescent Lodge, located just on the north edge of Olympic National Park. What a beautiful setting. It reminded me somewhat of our visit to Redfish Lake in Idaho (although for you reading this who are politically aware, Washington State is a BLUE state!). That means they don’t beat or behead heretics like me at sunrise!

We settled into our room, a room that had a nice view of Lake Crescent.

Here are a few photos of the lake.

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Sunday, June 17 – hikes to Marymere Falls and Sol Duc Falls

Today we took two hikes. One to Marymere Falls, and then to Sol Duc Falls.

The hike to the Marymere Falls started from the lodge. We hiked ¾ of a mile in through densely but beautiful forests. We had to cross two bridges, and towards the end of the hike had to climb a fairly steep climb to see the falls. It was well worth it. The falls was 90 feet high, and a very simple veil of water falling over the rocks. Simple, and beautiful.

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The Sol Duc Falls were also ¾ miles in, after a short drive from the lodge. The level of intensity for the hike was about the same as that of the Marymere Falls, but the falls themselves were much more powerful. Just before the falls, the river splits into three sections, and then plummets to the rocks below. The falls are powerful and very impressive (photos). It was also quite wet because the water was falling with such force that it was spraying up on the plants, soil, and trail.

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