West Coast road trip - Day 2

Day 2 was pretty nature-filled. The Fremont troll is a gigantic concrete sculpture under a bridge in Seattle. He has a hubcap for an eye and he's clutching an actual VW Beetle. He's ugly and awesome. That was our last stop in Seattle before heading to the ferry. Who knew taking your car on a ferry would be fun. It's amazing to me how ships and planes function- what a feat. To see and be on this huge ferry carrying almost 200 cars was neat. Drop off point was Port Angeles on Olympic Peninsula where we spent the day in the national park: Crescent Lake, Hoh Rainforest for the Hall of Mosses, various beaches and Quinault scenic drive. Grabbed a late bite in Quinault at Salmon House Restaurant, where the Salmon was on point and the locals were nice. Since we didn't plan much for the trip, we totally overlooked the fact that it would be insanely hard to get a hotel on July 4. We set out driving south along the coast for a few hours and found no vacancies. Ended up having to somewhat backtrack about an hour inland. If you know me, you know the planner in me was a little flustered. We stayed at a cracked out Traveler's Inn in Longview, a small town no one has probably ever heard of. But here is a lesson in rolling with the punches. The "hiccup" actually turned out alright because we decided we'd actually make it out to Portland in the morning. Something we weren't originally planning on doing. I really dig the Seattle and Portland vibes.