{"id":2328,"date":"2017-07-04T20:32:31","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T20:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=2328"},"modified":"2017-07-10T14:43:24","modified_gmt":"2017-07-10T14:43:24","slug":"hard-rain-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2017\/07\/04\/hard-rain-cafe\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Rain Cafe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Back in Three Forks Montana Steph and I spent some time making more reservations for our trip. \u00a0She put me in charge of the Olympic Peninsula and I found the Hard Rain Cafe. \u00a0It was one of the few places in the area that had reviews on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.campendium.com\">Campendium<\/a>, confirmed Verizon 4G coverage and was centrally located to both the beaches and the Hoh rainforest. \u00a0And they had room for us. \u00a0And it was a bargain at $25 per night!! \u00a0On the phone the lady assured me they had plenty of room for our 38 foot 5th wheel and some Google reviews agreed with that while others said it was super tight quarters and big rigs should avoid. \u00a0While they took a one night deposit I sort of got the feeling the reservation was only taken in the receptionist&#8217;s head or maybe a sticky note at best. I called to confirm the reservation the day before and I could almost hear her searching through a stack of post it notes to find the one with my name on it. \u00a0I was a little nervous about what the place would be like and being so close to the 4th of July I was worried that there would be no backup options.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Door sign\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/35760286035\/in\/album-72157682709949702\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4230\/35760286035_c720619892_n.jpg\" alt=\"Door sign\" width=\"213\" height=\"320\" \/><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>As we got closer the roads got twistier and windier and narrower and bumpier but we finally rolled into the dusty parking lot. \u00a0The cafe was super busy with all the weekenders going to and from the Hoh rainforest. \u00a0I waited in line with all the food orderers and when it was my turn asked if this was where I checked in. \u00a0&#8220;Sure is,&#8221; the woman said, &#8220;What&#8217;s your name?&#8221;. \u00a0I tell her, &#8220;Wach&#8230;.W-A-C-H&#8221;. \u00a0She goes in the back to look it up (probably in the stack of post its) and after awhile yells out, &#8220;could it be under a different name?&#8221; \u00a0Oh man. \u00a0&#8220;Try Huck or Hans&#8221; I tell her as beads of nervous sweat pop out of my head. \u00a0&#8220;Oh, I found it here!&#8221; \u00a0Whew!!<\/p>\n<p>She tells me to walk around and pick a spot and come tell her later which one we picked. \u00a0Steph and I walk around and there isn&#8217;t anything super stellar. \u00a0But there is one on the back loop that looks like the best available. \u00a0It is a really tight and awkward spot but I think I can maybe get Ava in there. \u00a0We tried. \u00a0We failed. \u00a0Which wouldn&#8217;t be a big deal except to continue through the loop there is a super tight turn with LOTS of vegetation on the inside of the turn. \u00a0As I slowly creeped around the turn I thought we were taking a layer of paint off of Ava. \u00a0But on the other side we confirm that she came out totally unscathed&#8230;.thank you soft leafy branches!! \u00a0We were about to settle on the one and only pull through that was right by the highway when we spotted site 7. \u00a0I don&#8217;t know why we didn&#8217;t see it before&#8230;maybe we did and it didn&#8217;t look as good as it did now after a failed parking attempt. \u00a0We back right into the spot and set up without any issues.<\/p>\n<p>It was a nice place to stay for several days. \u00a0The sites are electric and water only and there is no dump station on site but the price is right and it didn&#8217;t feel crowded or tight. \u00a0They have a nice bath house with good water pressure but very limited hot water. \u00a0The only real downside was that the neighbors were having a huge friends\u00a0and family ATV get-together. \u00a0ATVs roared up and down the road at all hours. \u00a0But compared to our place near Seattle where we were RIGHT next to I-90, this was super pleasant.<\/p>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157682709949702_8361\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-slideshow landscape medium \"><div class=\"active\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4238\/35327726600_1358b6b112.jpg\" title=\"Cockpit view\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Cockpit view<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4264\/35675289266_ebac8abfbf.jpg\" title=\"Site 7\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Site 7<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4141\/35719262316_31ca256ee1.jpg\" title=\"Front of cafe\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Front of cafe<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4230\/35760286035_c720619892.jpg\" title=\"Door sign\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Door sign<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4004\/35719268856_13975a4b88.jpg\" title=\"Sheba didn&#039;t like this guy\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Sheba didn't like this guy<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4087\/35327725660_a900ef5a3b.jpg\" title=\"Walk in the woods\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Walk in the woods<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4090\/35327725020_c8e04d51cd.jpg\" title=\"Moss\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Moss<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4211\/35719264646_2ce9af0a5c.jpg\" title=\"Flo, Mo, Bo and others\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Flo, Mo, Bo and others<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4114\/34919113474_852e010e0f.jpg\" title=\"Joe from Hoh\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Joe from Hoh<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4115\/34919111594_18dcbf7f64.jpg\" title=\"It&#039;s a long wait\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>It's a long wait<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4097\/35719267036_d876142e91.jpg\" title=\"Barber shop\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Barber shop<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4238\/35628425791_89b17dd78b.jpg\" title=\"Flowers\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Flowers<\/p><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(\"#flickr_72157682709949702_8361\").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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Back in Three Forks Montana Steph and I spent some time making more reservations for our trip. \u00a0She put me in charge of the Olympic Peninsula and I found the Hard Rain Cafe. \u00a0It was one of the few places in the area that had reviews on Campendium, confirmed Verizon 4G coverage and was centrally [&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\/2328"}],"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=2328"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2331,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328\/revisions\/2331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}