Day 6: Heading to Lake Quinault

Robert and I have made a strategic decision this morning to skip trying to see Mt. St. Helens (again) today on our way back up to Washington. It was too cloudy to see on Sunday when we came down from Seattle, and it is cloudy today as well. We did get a glimpse of it (I think) yesterday coming in to Portland. Mt. Hood looked spectacular as well! But we're not complaining - two days of nearly cloudless skies was wonderful!

So, we are going to take the long road to Lake Quinault, following the Columbia River to the coast on Hwy 4, then catching Hwy 101 through Aberdeen and up to the lake. If the weather clears by the time we get to the Longview/Kelso area, we might decide to detour back to the volcano. We shall see...

Also, the town of Quinault appears to be quite small - in other words, I'm not sure what kind of internet access we'll have there. So, if we are silent on the blog for a couple of days, you'll know why.

Oh yes, our adventure at Powell's lasted for about 5 hours. I'm sure we didn't see everything either. But we did purchase 10 books, a map of British Columbia, a yo-yo, a T-shirt, and an action figure! The day ended perfectly with some gelato ice cream across the street!