Victoria

Sunday morning we took the ferry over to Vancouver Island, and enjoyed walking around Victoria, British Columbia. 

We walked up to Chinatown, browsing through stores and taking photos with various painted bears.  We also enjoyed a nice lunch.

After checking out their capitol building, we returned to Port Angeles.  Our final day was spent driving from there home to Bend.

Olympic Peninsula RV Trip

On the last day of August, we set out on another RV trip, this time with another family. We drove northwest from Bend to Seaside, where we enjoyed the beach.

The next day we stopped at Fort Clatsop, part of the Lewis & Clark National Historic Park. We learned about Lewis & Clark's expedition and toured the recreated fort, and the kids earned Junior Ranger badges.

In the afternoon we checked out Astoria, including climbing up the Astoria Column.

There were great views of the Columbia River from the top of the column. We then headed north into Washington, and stopped for the night near Aberdeen.

On Saturday we continued north to Olympic National Park. We played at the beach a bit, then drove up to the Hoh Rain Forest visitor center, where the kids earned Junior Ranger badges. We then continued to a campground outside Port Angeles.