Seattle to Portland

A week into our vacation so far and we've made our way down from Seattle to Portland. With stops along the way on the Olympic peninsula we've seen some amazing sites. Mount Rainier was beautiful and surreal at the same time. Being from the east coast the tallest mountain I've ever seen is Mt. Washington which is a little over 5000 ft. Mt. Rainier is over 14000! This was the one day we had bad weather so by the time we got to the visitor center about a mile up visibility was around 20-30 feet and we couldn't see the summit. But anywhere you go in Seattle you can see the mountain and it's really cool to see it in the background of the city skyline. On the Olympic peninsula we drove through the Olympic national park and had some great views of Mount Baker and breathtaking views of the Olympic mountain range. We were staying at the lodge on Lake Quinault which is situated in the Lake Quinault rain forest, and we also took a tour around the forest. Our next stop was Portland which offered great views of Mt. Hood and Mt. Saint Helens and seems like a pretty cool town.

Overall I'm really loving the west coast so far. It is a little weird though to be outside at 10pm and it's still light out. Unfortunately I haven't be able to run at all. I twisted my ankle in Seattle and it was sore for a few days. But it's feeling better now and maybe I'll get a run or two in when we get to San Francisco!