2013 Day 2-Hoh Rainforest Hike

(As told by Seamus & Matthew)

This morning we woke up early, ate a quick breakfast, and hopped in the van for a three-hour car ride. It was long. When we finally arrived at our destination, Hoh River Rainforest, we prepared ourselves for a ten mile hike.

Our trail was called the Hoh River trail. We lasted about a mile before we got distracted by a tree fallen over a river. Will promptly decided to attempt to cross it. Fortunately, nobody took a swim, although we did catch some adults scooting, rather than walking across.

About halfway through, we stopped for lunch, and to climb the waterfall. We had a fest of summer sausage and cheese. After lunch we scaled the waterfall. Finally, we reached our end destination, Five Mile Island, and it turned out there was no island. We rested there for a while and soaked our feet in the river, then headed back.

We had just started out on the trail, and Will Seamus, Wiley, Luke, and Patrick were anxious to get to dinner, therefore we were walking a little ahead of the group. We were walking along talking, and then we suddenly looked up and saw a bear sitting less than ten feet away from us. We immediately ran back to the group, and told them that there was a bear ahead. Of course nobody believed us, probably because we were laughing so hard (mostly out of relief). But when they saw the bear they believed us alright! We all cautiously walked past the bear and began to head back to the van for dinner.

After hiking for another 5 miles, (completing our ten mile hike,) we began to prepare the spaghetti. While the spaghetti cooked, we all played a game of “Jackpot”. The spaghetti was fantastic and the meatballs were too. Later, we all piled into the van and drove back to camp, not arriving until almost 1 AM. We all hit the sack; excited for the next day!