Hiking the Elwha River
February 21, 2006
Story coming soon.

This was only a day hike, but Eric was itching to walk across the park and emerge at the southern side at the North Fork Quinault.

Cougar Mike's cabin, about 2 miles from the trailhead.

At Lillian Camp, roughly 4.6 miles from the trailhead, Eric poses for a photo at our lunch spot on the bridge spanning the Lillian River.

A look at Lillian Camp, the first point on the trail where the forest begins to take on the primal look of the true Olympic forest.

Hume's Ranch, a necessary side-trip on this hike.

Jill poses at Hume's Ranch and considers homesteading here.

The Elwha River.

The Elwha suddenly narrows as it passes between the "Goblin Gates," the spooky rock formations here.
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