Back on 101 we headed southwest toward the coastal strip of
Olympic. We drove through Forks, which I
have heard is the setting of the “Twilight” series. There were plenty of signs along the tiny
main street claiming just that fact.
We pulled off at Ruby Beach and walked the short path to the
shore. It is a beautiful place with lots
of white driftwood and sea stacks. There
was also a bald eagle posing in the top of a dead tree. We just stopped to see it and take photos,
but the girls didn’t want to leave. I
wish we had planned to spend more time here.
I took some deep breaths of the ocean air and said goodbye to the west
coast as we got back in the truck and began our long eastward trek.
We got off 101 at Aberdeen.
The Arnetts had told us about Sucher and Sons Star Wars Shop. That is where our GPS was leading us. We spent a good 45 minutes poking around this
anything and everything Star Wars packed store.
The owner was there and so nice.
He said he and his sons rented a space 17 years ago as a summer
project. The boys begged to keep it open
after school and on weekends. One of
them still works there. The stuff (all
50%) was a little pricey. I think they
enjoy collecting as much (or more than) they like to sell it. I’ve never seen so much SW stuff. They had stuff I had never heard of. It was kind of like a museum. Fun stop!
Then we headed on to 12 toward I-5 and eventually Mt. Rainier
again. (We retraced our steps a bit
here.) We stopped at Ike Kinswa State
Park and got one of the last 3 spots.
(And someone came in right behind us!)
Beautiful park on a lake with hookups.
The weather was great and no mosquitoes.
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