Monday morning we left fairly early to go to the Olympic Peninsula. After we dropped off my grandma at the airport to fly back to Fort Worth, we continued on toward our first stop, Mount Walker. The closest town was Quilcene, which didn't have much the way of food. We went out on a limb and stopped at the Twana Road House where we picked up some surprisingly decent turkey club sandwiches with avocado and chips. we drove to Mount Walker and stopped to eat an early lunch at the top. Mount Walker is 2,805 feet tall, the Olympic's easternmost peak, and the only peak facing Puget Sound to have a road and a trail to the top.

Next we stopped for gas at a nice gas station with a huge convenience/grocery store attached to it. They had so much food and tons drinks (including all the alcohol you could ever want) in there. We spent quite a while looking around and stocking up on snacks for the next day. It was such a fancy store, they had flat screen TV's in the restrooms.

The next stop was Hurricane Ridge, one of the most heavily visited areas in Olympic National Park. We walked on little trail near the visitor's center. It was really hot and there were lots of bugs around, which we're not used to up here, so that was a little disappointing. It still has spectacular views of the surrounding mountains though.

We were running short on time, so we didn't stop at Lake Crescent like we wanted to. We were only able to drive by it, which wasn't too bad since the road basically followed the shore of it. It looked really beautiful from the car, so maybe some day we can go back and stop there and maybe hike a trail or two.

After driving about 250 miles from our apartment in the morning, we finally stopped for the night in Forks, WA, a popular destination for fans of Twilight. I've never read the book or seen the movie, so I'm not sure what all the fuss is about. But the town seems obsessed with it. Anyway, we ate dinner at The In Place right next to our motel, but it was pretty mediocre. We didn't have many choices for food in Forks. It was nice to get out of the car and be done driving for the day.