Our next adventure in Olympic was in Sol Duc Hot Springs. We stayed in a “RV Park” at Sol Duc Resort – which is basically a gravel parking lot with water and electric hookups. It was unbelievably expensive to swim in the chlorinated version of their hot springs pool, so we found a natural hot spring bubbling up from a pipe along a trail, splashed in it a bit, and then looked for a nice hike to round out our summer of hiking.
We found a 6 mile loop to Sol Duc Falls – and ventured out on that today. It was a great rainforest hike – I kept expecting monkeys or chimps to come walking out. The ferns were up to 7 ft tall in some places. It was an easy hike, at least incline-wise, though the sheer number of tree roots and rocks to avoid on every step did complicate it a bit. Despite having to constantly watch our feet, we made it through with only a couple new mosquito bites as damages.
Our accident free vacation came to an abrupt end around 5
when Gabi fell into of some kind nasty plant.
We aren’t sure what it is, so all you Northwesterners will have to chime
in – she came in with little green berries that adhere to everything and black
straight pokies in her hair and clothes.
She was completely traumatized as a bunch of white lumps had popped up
in her skin the moment she fell down, and they were painful. There was a great
deal of screaming. L I
hadn’t seen what happened, so all I knew to do was strip her down and get her
in the shower. I have never been so
thankful for running water and a RV water heater in my life – and for a mom who
would ideally like two showers a day if there is time, that is really saying
something! Thankfully, the welts started
to recede shortly after she was dressed again.
So strange. It really was a short
lived, minor incident, so if it is the worst thing we have to deal with, I will
be very grateful.
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