{"id":2294,"date":"2017-07-02T12:26:21","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T12:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=2294"},"modified":"2017-07-10T14:43:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:43:24","slug":"visiting-part-of-the-hoh-rainforest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2017\/07\/02\/visiting-part-of-the-hoh-rainforest\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting part of the Hoh rainforest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s right, we did not get to see the Hoh thing, only part of it. \u00a0Oh man, we got a lot of mileage out of that joke that Caden came up with.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Ranger: \u00a0On this trail you will get to see the Hoh River<br \/>\nCaden: That&#8217;s great! \u00a0I thought we only got to see a part of the river.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a title=\"Wachs in the Olympics\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/35675292846\/in\/album-72157682709949682\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4123\/35675292846_b52dabbb9f.jpg\" alt=\"Wachs in the Olympics\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>We were camped just a few miles down the road from the Hoh Rainforest portion of Olympic National Park which was high on our list of things to see. \u00a0Once again our fancy dancy annual pass got us through the gates and while the parking lot was a little crowded we easily found a spot out in the north forty overflow lot. \u00a0We all went through a Jr Ranger talk so that Dacen and Brielle could mark that off their task list. \u00a0It was a decent activity but there were just too many kids. \u00a0The park is popular enough as it is but the holiday weekend makes it pretty jam packed.<\/p>\n<p>We took the Spruce Tree Trail loop which took us by the Hoh river (just part of it). \u00a0Even though it was a clear day and pretty warm out it stayed very comfortable under the canopy of the rainforest. \u00a0The trees were so tall and big around. \u00a0Their limbs just thick with moss and lichen. \u00a0There were mushrooms, ferns, grasses and shrubs of all different kinds and Brielle&#8217;s imagination was running at full capacity as the landscape inspired settings and adventures for Billy Bob and Elfie. \u00a0It was so green I felt like I had green tinted\u00a0glasses on! \u00a0About the mid point on the trail you pop out of the edge of the rainforst and are on the banks of the Hoh river which has the slate blue color from being glacier fed. \u00a0The drastic change from dense, shady forest to open sunny meadow with glacial river was bizarre. \u00a0While there were quite a few other people on the trail it was not enough to make it\u00a0unpleasant. \u00a0 We also did the hall of mosses loop before returning to the visitor center to get Jr Ranger badges for Dacen and Brielle.<\/p>\n<p>As we were leaving the park the line of cars waiting to get into the park was absolutely insane. \u00a0It went on and on and on. \u00a0I am SOOOOO glad we got an early start (and you know how late <em>our<\/em> early starts are) as this would have been a no-go if we showed up when the line was that long!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157682709949682_6994\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-slideshow landscape medium \"><div class=\"active\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4123\/35675292846_b52dabbb9f.jpg\" title=\"Wachs in the Olympics\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Wachs in the Olympics<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4290\/35327724530_fa22468545.jpg\" title=\"Cockpit view\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Cockpit view<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4242\/35584057021_e626f960b9.jpg\" title=\"Rest stop\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Rest stop<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4265\/35717772805_fa42b4676b.jpg\" title=\"Fairy garden\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Fairy garden<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4285\/35327752020_44ffca1e42.jpg\" title=\"Kids in rainforest\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Kids in rainforest<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4282\/35586784591_d0642a4e02.jpg\" title=\"Bear stripped bark\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Bear stripped bark<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4282\/35586783221_53337a61f1.jpg\" title=\"On the trail\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>On the trail<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4230\/35584054431_0de89175b6.jpg\" title=\"Mossy trunk\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Mossy trunk<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4255\/35327750820_39d2f76ab8.jpg\" title=\"Hoh river\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Hoh river<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4059\/35586779891_6a11e44f5a.jpg\" title=\"Sam Gribly\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Sam Gribly<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4096\/35546131802_59b5a260bc.jpg\" title=\"All 5\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>All 5<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4288\/35586781661_0dff89481f.jpg\" title=\"Root\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Root<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4065\/35327749110_f40f46b9cb.jpg\" title=\"Tree huggers\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Tree huggers<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4239\/35586778831_1e377b3231.jpg\" title=\"Across the log\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Across the log<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4129\/35327748000_eb151d52bd.jpg\" title=\"Look up\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Look up<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4216\/35546128332_0a7ae16661.jpg\" title=\"In the woods\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>In the woods<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4144\/35327745320_da6a6f9431.jpg\" title=\"Hall of mosses trail\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Hall of mosses trail<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4069\/35675306056_8c9cc8e6dc.jpg\" title=\"Rainforest pano\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Rainforest pano<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4108\/35327738650_2a1c7d7bfa.jpg\" title=\"So green\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>So green<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4257\/35675299516_c53662432e.jpg\" title=\"Tree arch\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Tree arch<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4033\/35327736520_a09e81666c.jpg\" title=\"Split it\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Split it<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4258\/35675297596_1b0b84412e.jpg\" title=\"Hold it\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Hold it<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4209\/35327734430_4e1f2f4e09.jpg\" title=\"Taking it in\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Taking it in<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4013\/35675295466_cbdfb78773.jpg\" title=\"Gollum?\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Gollum?<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4003\/35327731480_a913329ca4.jpg\" title=\"Moss lesson\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Moss lesson<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4206\/35546129822_1a800418d7.jpg\" title=\"Jr Rangers\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Jr Rangers<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4262\/35327728650_9c64cecf0a.jpg\" title=\"Competing in the Olympics\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Competing in the Olympics<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4241\/35675290826_12368925b8.jpg\" title=\"Jumping in the Olympics\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Jumping in the Olympics<\/p><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(\"#flickr_72157682709949682_6994\").data(\"options\",{\"delay\":3000,\"autoplay\":true,\"transition\":500,\"link\":\"next\",\"target\":\"_self\",\"width\":\"\",\"height\":\"\"});<\/script><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other highlights included:<br \/>\n1. Seeing 2 sets of mom and fawn deer.<br \/>\n2. We were on the lookout for the &#8220;active bear&#8221; Mama and bear cub and the &#8220;aggressive elk with her calf.&#8221; Didn&#8217;t see either, but saw a tree where mama had stripped a LOT of bark in search of the bugs or the sap underneath.<br \/>\n3. I loved when the ranger pointed out that looking at the forest you can see there is a lot of trees, plants, moss. But look at just a single 2 foot square you can see how many different kinds of each are in just that one space. It was truly amazing and cool to look closer,<br \/>\n4. The kids all got a picture so that they could claim they competed in the Olympics, or Jumped in the Olympics, etc.<br \/>\n5. The trees in the Hoh Rainforest are 200+ feet high!! Only sequoias and redwoods are bigger. It was cool to see how high they were and how big around some are!<br \/>\n6. We could tell it was crowded but it wasn&#8217;t too bad since there are several trails and some people were there to do the really long hikes and camp for multiple days. But when we were ready to go the parking was insane &#8211; people had made one area into a one way street (that was a dead end so you had to leave on that particular stretch.) Then the line getting into the park was insane! I was wondering if they were going to wind up turning people away at any point.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That&#8217;s right, we did not get to see the Hoh thing, only part of it. \u00a0Oh man, we got a lot of mileage out of that joke that Caden came up with. Ranger: \u00a0On this trail you will get to see the Hoh River Caden: That&#8217;s great! \u00a0I thought we only got to see a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[7],"tags":[96,83,90],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2294"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2344,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2294\/revisions\/2344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}