{"id":264,"date":"2015-10-30T22:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-10-30T20:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=264"},"modified":"2015-10-30T22:20:38","modified_gmt":"2015-10-30T20:20:38","slug":"pretty-olympic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/?p=264","title":{"rendered":"Pretty Olympic"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4322.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4322.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4322.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Happy Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OCT 30, 2015 &#8211; I visited my friend Sonia in Seattle for a few days. We went hiking on the Olympic Peninsula for three days, and were relatively lucky with the weather &#8211; it was raining less than half of the time. At the end of a two-day loop hike near Elwha, leading us to Happy Lake and Boulder Lake, we came to a group of hot springs. Taking a bath in the natural stone pools was a great reward, and it felt special to walk around in the autumn landscape in a swimsuit to look for more hot ponds along the trail. We then drove to a campground near Forks and hiked along Bogachiel River the following day. The forest there was much more humid and full of chanterelle mushrooms, of which we picked a pound &#8211; luckily this area is not part of the National Park. On the way back to Seattle, we visited Port Townsend, a hippie town along the coast with a nice historical center. I then spent the last three days in Seattle and went to visit Marisa and Sam, whom I hadn&#8217;t seen since my last US trip. Today I am heading to Sandpoint, Idaho, where I will do more hiking with my friend Ryan. I probably won&#8217;t have any Internet access in the next ten days, so please be patient for the next update! <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4290-01.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4290-01.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4290-01.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4313.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4313.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4313.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Camping at Happy Lake<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4319.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4319.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4319.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-pa260364-02.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"PA260364-02.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-pa260364-02.jpeg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along the trail to Boulder Lake (photo by Sonia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4336-01.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4336-01.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4336-01.jpeg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robber Bird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4390.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4390.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4390.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4380.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4380.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4380.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4362.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4362.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4362.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-pa270468.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"PA270468.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-pa270468.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Natural Hot Springs (photo by Sonia)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4433.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4433.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4433.jpg\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Along the Bogachiel trail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4460.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4460.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4460.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4478.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"IMGP4478.JPG\" class=\"alignnone size-full\"  alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/awayfrom.ch\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/wpid-imgp4478.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OCT 30, 2015 &#8211; I visited my friend Sonia in Seattle for a few days. We went hiking on the Olympic Peninsula for three days, and were relatively lucky with the weather &#8211; it was raining less than half of the time. 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