I had a 3-day weekend before starting my Salem clinic rotation, so I wandered off to the Olympic Peninsula for a little time alone with nature...

(104K) 500 x 356	Here's my tent at the "Heart of the Hills" campground, partway up the road to Hurricane Hill.	(123K) 400 x 533	I took a short hike in the rain right from the campground Friday night when I arrived, and saw some nice trees...
(123K) 450 x 373	More trees...	(129K) 500 x 315	And these funky little plants.
(138K) 400 x 533	In the morning I drove off to some of the beaches I hadn't seen on previous trips -- this is Rialto Beach.	(118K) 500 x 375	Rialto Beach again
(111K) 500 x 375	Also in the Rialto Beach area	(115K) 500 x 375	Some fishing boats a little south of where those other pictures were taken.
(94K) 500 x 375	On the road by Lake Crescent...	(90K) 500 x 375	I stopped by the Lake Crescent Lodge for lunch and to sit in the sun for a while.
(125K) 500 x 375	Here's the lake again	(120K) 500 x 375	This is a bit odd, but I had to take it diagonally so the whole waterfall would fit in the picture... I did this short hike to Marymere Falls after lunch.
(88K) 500 x 375	When I got back to the Hurricane Hill road, I found that it was now open (it had been closed beyond the campground when I arrived due to the weather...) so I drove up. A bit cloudy, but a fine view!	(141K) 500 x 411	Saw a few of these on the way too...
(60K) 500 x 242	The mountains from back down the hill (at Port Angeles)

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