The Slow Road
Two Women Wandering the World
Lake Crescent in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, which we visited with our mothers in September 2012
The original homesteaders' cabin next to the house we rented on Lake Crescent
Chris's mom, Pat Howlett, on the dock of our house
Dock at Lake Crescent Lodge, where we had good meals and went kayaking
The mossy Hoh rainforest in Olympic National Park
Timber logging just outside the boundaries of Olympic National Park
Lake Quinault
Chris in front of our rental house on Lake Quinault
A bear eating blackberries from bushes in our yard
The 1926 Lake Quinault Lodge
Pat Howlett, Chris Howlett, and Pam Kuhnell at the July Creek picnic area
Chris next to the world's largest western red cedar tree (63 feet around and 174 feet tall)
The world's largest Sitka spruce tree (59 feet around and 191 feet tall)
Melissa and Pam at the base of the world's largest Sitka spruce
Scene on the Quinault Rainforest Nature Trail
The mountainous interior of the Olympic Peninsula, seen from the road to Hurricane Ridge
A little patch of snow still visible in September from the previous winter
Smoke from forest fires in eastern Washington obscured our view of the Olympic Mountains
A very unwary dear near our picnic spot on Hurricane Ridge
